A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 243 km ENE of Dili, East Timor (151 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 00:18:50 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/03/18 / 2018-03-19 15:18:50 / March 19, 2018 @ 3:18 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 181.48 km (113 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d85c. Id of event: us1000d85c. Exact location of event, longitude 127.5768 East, latitude -7.6237 South, depth = 181.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 243 km ENE of Dili, East Timor. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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