A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004rfp. Id of event: us10004rfp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 110.4 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 110.4 km, 123.9952° East, -9.2454° South. The temblor was picked up at 06:10:56 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/02/16 / 2016-02-20 22:10:56 / February 20, 2016 @ 10:10 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Soe, Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar. Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 46 km NNE of Naisano Dua, Indonesia.
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