A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Pante Makasar in Timor Leste. The temblor was picked up at 01:59:36 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 124.1543 East, latitude -9.0587 South, depth = 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nidc. Id of event: us6000nidc. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/07/24 / 2024-07-23 01:59:36 / July 23, 2024 @ 1:59 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soe, Atambua, Kefamenanu. Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km WNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste.
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