A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Kefamenanu in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 124.073° East, latitude -8.8538° South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005eui. Id of event: us70005eui. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/09/19 / 2019-09-04 18:25:34 / September 4, 2019 @ 6:25 pm. The temblor was reported at 02:25:34 / 2:25 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km NW of Kefamenanu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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