A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Dili in East Timor. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.59 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:47:42 / 3:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 54.59 km, 125.0881° East, -8.5827° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/11/15 / 2015-11-04 18:47:42 / November 4, 2015 @ 6:47 pm. Unique identifier: us20004213. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004213.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Suai, Same, Ainaro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Dili (c. 150 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Same (c. 25 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Maliana (c. 22 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Suai (c. 21 500 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Liquica (c. 19 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 53 km W of Dili, East Timor.
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