A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia on Friday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Naisano Dua in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20007fqh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007fqh. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.9038 East, latitude -9.0645 South, depth = 100.86 km. Global time and date of event 20/10/16 / 2016-10-20 20:50:13 / October 20, 2016 @ 8:50 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:50:13 / 4:50 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 100.86 km (63 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Atambua, Soe, Kefamenanu. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 109 km (68 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 60 km NNE of Naisano Dua, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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