A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Kefamenanu in Indonesia on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 07:23:42 / 7:23 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 42.67 km (27 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 124.1508° East, -9.231° South, depth 42.67 km. Unique identifier: us700057x2. Ids that are associated to the event: us700057x2. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/08/19 / 2019-08-24 23:23:42 / August 24, 2019 @ 11:23 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Atambua, Soe, Kefamenanu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 43 km WNW of Kefamenanu, Indonesia.
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