A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Kefamenanu in Indonesia on Wednesday. Event id: us70006qsw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006qsw. Exact location of event, depth 86.98 km, 124.1095° East, -8.9581° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/12/19 / 2019-12-25 02:33:00 / December 25, 2019 @ 2:33 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 10:33:00 / 10:33 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 86.98 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 88 km (54 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter 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).
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 twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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