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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Kupang in Indonesia


Earthquake location -10.3506S, 123.6556WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Kupang in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 14.801 km, 123.6556° East, -10.3506° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.801 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q6xz. Id of event: us6000q6xz. Global time and date of event 18/04/25 / 2025-04-18 00:39:09 / April 18, 2025 @ 12:39 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:39:09 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soe, Kupang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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.

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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 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: 20 km SSE of Kupang, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.6556° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.3506° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.801 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km SSE of Kupang, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-18 00:39:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-12 00:37:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 298 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.844 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000q6xz Id of event.
Event Code 6000q6xz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q6xz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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