A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Pante Makasar in Timor Leste. The temblor was detected at 05:11:06 / 5:11 am (local time epicenter). 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: 10/09/24 / 2024-09-10 05:11:06 / September 10, 2024 @ 5:11 am. Exact location, longitude 124.2354° East, latitude -8.582° South, depth = 125.494 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 125.494 km (78 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nqtv. Id of event: us6000nqtv.
Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kefamenanu, Atambua, Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 70 km NNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste.
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