A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Dili in East Timor on Monday. The temblor was detected at 09:07:56 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003vvg. Id of event: us10003vvg. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.2144 East, latitude -7.958 South, depth = 11.18 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 01:07:56 / November 9, 2015 @ 1:07 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.18 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gleno, Dili, Maubara (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Dili (c. 150 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Liquica (c. 19 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Maubara (c. 16 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Gleno (c. 8 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 77 km NNW of Dili, East Timor.
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