A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Neob in Indonesia on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 16:15:31 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.6261 East, latitude -9.6771 South, depth = 51.67 km. Id of earthquake: us2000e20w. Event ids that are associated: us2000e20w. Global time and date of event 18/04/18 / 2018-04-18 08:15:31 / April 18, 2018 @ 8:15 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 51.67 km (32 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Suai (c. 21 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Suai, Atambua, Pante Makasar. Close 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 8 km SSE of Neob, Indonesia.
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