A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Atambua in Indonesia. Id of earthquake: us20006i46. Event ids that are associated: us20006i46. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.2303 East, latitude -8.4857 South, depth = 33.75 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:20:08 / 3:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.75 km (21 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/07/16 / 2016-07-23 19:20:08 / July 23, 2016 @ 7:20 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pante Makasar. Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 100 km NW of Atambua, Indonesia.
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