A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Kupang in Indonesia. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:43:27 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.55 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 123.613° East, latitude -10.4695° South, depth = 36.55 km. Unique identifier: us70003yhp. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003yhp. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/06/19 / 2019-06-04 15:43:27 / June 4, 2019 @ 3:43 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kupang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 33 km (21 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 33 km S of Kupang, Indonesia.
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