A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Kefamenanu in Indonesia on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 19:09:04 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/12/15 / 2015-12-06 11:09:04 / December 6, 2015 @ 11:09 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us20004fy2. Unique identifier: us20004fy2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.2693 East, latitude -9.1939 South, depth = 102.41 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 102.41 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soe, Atambua, Kefamenanu. The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 36 km NW of Kefamenanu, Indonesia.
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