A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Kefamenanu in Indonesia. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:48:22 / 2:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 105.95 km (66 miles). Exact location, longitude 124.1118° East, latitude -8.7458° South, depth = 105.95 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/08/19 / 2019-08-13 18:48:22 / August 13, 2019 @ 6:48 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600054n2. Id of event: us600054n2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Atambua, Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 87 km NNW of Kefamenanu, Indonesia.
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