A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia on Saturday. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:16:53 / 12:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jevn. Unique identifier: us2000jevn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.82 East, latitude -9.0488 South, depth = 99.46 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 04:16:53 / January 26, 2019 @ 4:16 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 99.46 km (62 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was 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). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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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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: 60 km N of Naisano Dua, Indonesia.
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