A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Soe in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.08 km (20 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 124.3823° East, -10.2241° South, depth 32.08 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000bepn. Unique identifier: us6000bepn. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/08/20 / 2020-08-14 13:21:39 / August 14, 2020 @ 1:21 pm. The temblor was reported at 13:21:39 / 1:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kefamenanu, Kupang, Soe (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 41 km SSE of Soe, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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