A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Kupang in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.43 km (10 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:48:54 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/24 / 2024-08-19 03:48:54 / August 19, 2024 @ 3:48 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 123.6737° East, latitude -10.3046° South, depth = 15.43 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n7v8. Id of event: us7000n7v8.
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 event was 16 km (10 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 three 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 16 km SSE of Kupang, Indonesia.
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