A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Kefamenanu in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 124.2772° East, -9.4036° South, depth 95.96 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us200050lb. Unique identifier: us200050lb. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 95.96 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 12/02/16 / 2016-02-12 19:32:21 / February 12, 2016 @ 7:32 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 03:32:21 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Atambua, Soe, Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 22 km WNW of Kefamenanu, Indonesia.
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