A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Kupang in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/10/18 / 2018-10-19 09:19:32 / October 19, 2018 @ 9:19 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.18 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.7111 East, latitude -10.2595 South, depth = 3.18 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kupang in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hebj. Id of event: us1000hebj. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:19:32 / 5:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Soe, Kupang (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km SE of Kupang, Indonesia.
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