A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Kupang in Indonesia on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 13:09:42 / 1:09 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 09/10/17 / 2017-10-09 05:09:42 / October 9, 2017 @ 5:09 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 123.837° East, -10.4622° South, depth 35 km. Id of earthquake: us2000b2y8. Event ids that are associated: us2000b2y8.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Soe, Kupang (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 42 km SE of Kupang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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