A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 243 kilometers (151 miles) from Dili in East Timor. The temblor was reported at 00:22:49 / 12:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/04/16 / 2016-04-11 15:22:49 / April 11, 2016 @ 3:22 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us20005jt3. Event ids that are associated: us20005jt3. The epicenter was at a depth of 120.68 km (75 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 127.7473° East, -8.1524° South, depth 120.68 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Lospalos (c. 17 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lospalos (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 243 km E of Dili, East Timor.
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