Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 194 km NNW of Dili, East Timor

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 194 km NNW of Dili, East Timor (121 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:28:51 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 561.84 km (349 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20004hcn. Unique identifier: us20004hcn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.7599 East, latitude -6.9945 South, depth = 561.84 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/12/15 / 2015-12-11 15:28:51 / December 11, 2015 @ 3:28 pm.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 194 km NNW of Dili, East Timor.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	124.7599° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.9945° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	561.84 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	194km NNW of Dili, East Timor	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-12-11 15:28:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-01-10 14:56:02	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	271	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.786	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	71	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20004hcn	Id of event.
Event Code	20004hcn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20004hcn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 194 km NNW of Dili, East Timor

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