A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bsuk. Unique identifier: us1000bsuk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 101.59 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 123.8345° East, -9.1692° South, depth 101.59 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/12/17 / 2017-12-18 23:25:34 / December 18, 2017 @ 11:25 pm. The temblor was reported at 07:25:34 / 7:25 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soe, Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar. Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km N of Naisano Dua, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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