A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 211 kilometers (131 miles) from Dili in East Timor on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 12:37:17 / June 20, 2016 @ 12:37 pm. The temblor was picked up at 21:37:17 / 9:37 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us200066ic. Ids that are associated to the event: us200066ic. Exact location of earthquake, 127.3403° East, -7.8223° South, depth 50.29 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.29 km (31 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Lospalos (c. 17 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lospalos (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 211 km ENE of Dili, East Timor.
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