A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Kupang in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.2004 East, latitude -10.216 South, depth = 58.43 km. Event id: us60004wi0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004wi0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:23:56 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58.43 km (36 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/07/19 / 2019-07-27 15:23:56 / July 27, 2019 @ 3:23 pm.
The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kupang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 42 km W of Kupang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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