A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117.37 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 123.7536° East, -9.158° South, depth 117.37 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/11/18 / 2018-11-10 05:52:41 / November 10, 2018 @ 5:52 am. Id of earthquake: us1000hq6j. Event ids that are associated: us1000hq6j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:52:41 / 1:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar. Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 48 km N of Naisano Dua, Indonesia.
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