A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.8528 East, latitude -9.028 South, depth = 112.64 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112.64 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/15 / 2015-08-17 00:42:10 / August 17, 2015 @ 12:42 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us20003fnu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003fnu. The temblor was picked up at 08:42:10 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 63 km N of Naisano Dua, Indonesia.
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