A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia on Monday. Exact location, longitude 123.0085° East, latitude -9.6257° South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/17 / 2017-12-04 11:52:23 / December 4, 2017 @ 11:52 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Naisano Dua in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:52:23 / 7:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bkwg. Id of event: us1000bkwg.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kupang. The epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 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 one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 83 km W of Naisano Dua, Indonesia.
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