A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Soe in Indonesia. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:46:33 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.64 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gdl3. Id of event: us2000gdl3. Exact location of event, longitude 124.1167 East, latitude -10.3211 South, depth = 25.64 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/07/18 / 2018-07-20 14:46:33 / July 20, 2018 @ 2:46 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kupang, Soe. Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop).
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 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 54 km SSW of Soe, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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