Significant 5.6 quake hits near Kefamenanu, Kabupaten Timor Tengah Utara, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
5.6 quake 25 Jul 8:25 am (GMT +8)

Just 14 minutes ago, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Kefamenanu, Kabupaten Timor Tengah Utara, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Tuesday, July 25th, 2023, at 8:25 am local time, at an intermediate depth of 74 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.6 earthquake as well. A third agency, France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.5.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Nusa Dua (pop. 2,300) located 56 km from the epicenter, Kefamenanu (pop. 29,500) 73 km away, Soe (pop. 27,700) 93 km away, Atambua (pop. 35,800) 108 km away, and Kupang (pop. 282,400) 123 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jul 25, 2023 8:25 am (GMT +8) local time (25 Jul 2023 00:25 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.6
Depth: 74.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 9.11°S / 123.91°E (Savu Sea, Indonesia)
Primary data source: GFZ
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