A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Kupang in Indonesia on Monday. The temblor was reported at 23:39:46 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 123.9271 East, latitude -10.2387 South, depth = 41.37 km. Global time and date of event 08/04/19 / 2019-04-08 15:39:46 / April 8, 2019 @ 3:39 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.37 km (26 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000378w. Unique identifier: us7000378w. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Soe, Kupang. The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km ESE of Kupang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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