A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 290 km ENE of Dili, East Timor (180 miles). Global time and date of event 21/09/17 / 2017-09-21 14:45:45 / September 21, 2017 @ 2:45 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 128.0476° East, latitude -7.6548° South, depth = 168.4 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 168.4 km (105 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:45:45 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000awpt. Id of event: us2000awpt.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 290 km ENE of Dili, East Timor.
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