A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Kefamenanu in Indonesia. Event id: us10003rdb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003rdb. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.1474 East, latitude -8.8683 South, depth = 107.68 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 107.68 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/15 / 2015-10-26 03:56:01 / October 26, 2015 @ 3:56 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:56:01 / 11:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Atambua, Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar. Close 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 ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km NNW of Kefamenanu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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