A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 14:34:31 / April 12, 2020 @ 2:34 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:34:31 / 10:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 123.5358° East, latitude -9.5053° South, depth = 111.28 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008ux4. Id of event: us70008ux4. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 111.28 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soe, Kupang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 27 km WNW of Naisano Dua, Indonesia.
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