A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 195 kilometers (121 miles) from Dili in East Timor. All ids that are associated to the event: us20004zrb. Unique identifier: us20004zrb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 127.1303° East, -7.7148° South, depth 181.62 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 181.62 km (113 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:26:38 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/02/16 / 2016-02-09 21:26:38 / February 9, 2016 @ 9:26 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Lospalos (c. 17 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lospalos.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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 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: 195 km ENE of Dili, East Timor.
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