A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Kefamenanu in Indonesia on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 103.78 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10006rcc. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006rcc. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:55:17 / 9:55 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/09/16 / 2016-09-21 13:55:17 / September 21, 2016 @ 1:55 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 124.0865° East, -9.1687° South, depth 103.78 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Atambua, Soe, Kefamenanu. Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km NW of Kefamenanu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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