A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 231 kilometers (144 miles) from Dili in East Timor. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/16 / 2016-08-05 03:44:35 / August 5, 2016 @ 3:44 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:44:35 / 12:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 127.6288° East, -8.1125° South, depth 112.79 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.79 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006a83. Unique identifier: us10006a83.
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. Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Lospalos (c. 17 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 231 km ENE of Dili, East Timor.
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