A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Kupang in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 06:04:24 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us700071b1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700071b1. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 22:04:24 / January 16, 2020 @ 10:04 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 124.1479° East, -10.4814° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soe, Kupang (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (43 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km ESE of Kupang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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