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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Dili in East Timor


Earthquake location -7.0048S, 125.1297WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 178 km NNW of Dili, East Timor (111 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.1297 East, latitude -7.0048 South, depth = 511.37 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:14:00 / 5:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/05/16 / 2016-05-23 21:14:00 / May 23, 2016 @ 9:14 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us10005jep. Event ids that are associated: us10005jep. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 511.37 km (318 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 178 km NNW of Dili, East Timor.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.1297° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.0048° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 511.37 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 178km 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 2016-05-23 21:14:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-23 21:43:15 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 312 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 2.863 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 28 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 us10005jep Id of event.
Event Code 10005jep An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005jep, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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