A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Dili in East Timor on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20004177. Unique identifier: us20004177. The temblor was reported at 00:51:02 / 12:51 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/11/15 / 2015-11-01 16:51:02 / November 1, 2015 @ 4:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.72 km (23 miles). Exact location of event, depth 36.72 km, 124.9816° East, -8.3663° South.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ainaro, Atambua, Aileu (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Dili (c. 150 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Maliana (c. 22 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Liquica (c. 19 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Aileu (c. 17 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Maubara (c. 16 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Ainaro (c. 12 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km WNW of Dili, East Timor. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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