Magnitude 4.6 earthquake strikes near Kefamenanu, Kabupaten Timor Tengah Utara, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
4.6 quake 27 Oct 1:50 pm (GMT +8)

Just 12 minutes ago, a 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Kefamenanu, Kabupaten Timor Tengah Utara, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded around noon on Wednesday, October 27th, 2021, at 1:50 pm local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 55 km below the surface.
The event was filed by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 4.6 earthquake as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 4.8.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Kefamenanu (pop. 29,500) located 68 km from the epicenter, Atambua (pop. 35,800) 77 km away, Soe (pop. 27,700) 78 km away, Maliana (pop. 22,000) 92 km away, and Pante Macassar (pop. 4,700) 93 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Oct 27, 2021 1:50 pm (GMT +8) local time (27 Oct 2021 05:50 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.6
Depth: 55.0 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 9.79°S / 124.99°E (Timor Sea, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG
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