A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Kefamenanu in Indonesia. Event id: us6000qjsz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qjsz. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:26:50 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73.702 km (46 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 124.4574° East, -9.4888° South, depth 73.702 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/06/25 / 2025-06-12 11:26:50 / June 12, 2025 @ 11:26 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Suai (c. 21 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Suai, Atambua, Soe. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop).
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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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