A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Kefamenanu in Indonesia. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:37:11 / 8:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 124.1353° East, latitude -8.864° South, depth = 116.87 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 116.87 km (73 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/04/18 / 2018-04-30 12:37:11 / April 30, 2018 @ 12:37 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000dxzc. Event ids that are associated: us1000dxzc.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Atambua, Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light 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 two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 74 km NNW of Kefamenanu, Indonesia.
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