A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Dili in East Timor on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us10004wy4. Event ids that are associated: us10004wy4. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/03/16 / 2016-03-12 03:38:20 / March 12, 2016 @ 3:38 am. The temblor was reported at 12:38:20 / 12:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 125.8231° East, -7.817° South.
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 Dili, Manatuto. The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Dili (c. 150 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Manatuto (c. 1 900 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km NNE of Dili, East Timor. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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