A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Kefamenanu in Indonesia. Id of earthquake: us1000jh1p. Event ids that are associated: us1000jh1p. Exact location of event, longitude 124.2458 East, latitude -9.3547 South, depth = 98.29 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/03/19 / 2019-03-16 12:35:50 / March 16, 2019 @ 12:35 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:35:50 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98.29 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Atambua, Soe, Kefamenanu. Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 27 km WNW of Kefamenanu, Indonesia.
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