A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Kefamenanu in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700097p7. Id of event: us700097p7. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.3735 East, latitude -8.9728 South, depth = 128.13 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/04/20 / 2020-04-26 13:50:21 / April 26, 2020 @ 1:50 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 128.13 km (80 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 21:50:21 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Atambua, Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 53 km NNW of Kefamenanu, Indonesia.
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