A 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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