A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 124.0369° East, latitude -9.3022° South, depth = 88.41 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100032c5. Id of event: us100032c5. The temblor was detected at 06:23:42 / 6:23 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88.41 km (55 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 22:23:42 / July 27, 2015 @ 10:23 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Soe, Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 43 km NE of Naisano Dua, Indonesia.
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