A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Dili in East Timor on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:44:05 / 12:44 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000404k. Event ids that are associated: us1000404k. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 124.9407 East, latitude -8.2345 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 16:44:05 / November 21, 2015 @ 4:44 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Dili (c. 150 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Maliana (c. 22 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Liquica (c. 19 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Aileu (c. 17 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Maubara (c. 16 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Gleno (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Atambua, Maliana, Aileu (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km WNW of Dili, East Timor. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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