A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Kefamenanu in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 71.88 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/11/19 / 2019-11-24 03:07:56 / November 24, 2019 @ 3:07 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 124.1507° East, -9.3684° South, depth 71.88 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:07:56 / 11:07 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70006ccn. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006ccn.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Atambua, Soe, Kefamenanu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, 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. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km WNW of Kefamenanu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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