A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Kupang in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/03/18 / 2018-03-23 19:39:05 / March 23, 2018 @ 7:39 pm. The temblor was reported at 03:39:05 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 14.2 km (9 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 123.6686° East, -10.5263° South, depth 14.2 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000daqe. Id of event: us1000daqe.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kupang (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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