A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 253 km ENE of Dili, East Timor (157 miles) on Wednesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:00:38 / 7:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/01/17 / 2017-01-24 22:00:38 / January 24, 2017 @ 10:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.6423 East, latitude -7.5483 South, depth = 161.63 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 161.63 km (100 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007v9f. Id of event: us10007v9f.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 253 km ENE of Dili, East Timor.
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