A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Pante Makasar in Timor Leste. Exact location of event, longitude 123.9938 East, latitude -9.0805 South, depth = 125.019 km. 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: 02/10/24 / 2024-10-02 20:22:01 / October 2, 2024 @ 8:22 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 125.019 km (78 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000nmnc. Event ids that are associated: us7000nmnc. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:22:01 / 8:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Soe, Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar. Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km WNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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