A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:45:18 / 9:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 95.99 km (60 miles). Global time and date of event 31/12/17 / 2017-12-31 01:45:18 / December 31, 2017 @ 1:45 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000bye2. Event ids that are associated: us1000bye2. Exact location of event, longitude 123.4392 East, latitude -9.4208 South, depth = 95.99 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kupang (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 41 km WNW of Naisano Dua, Indonesia.
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