Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Ainaro in East Timor

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Ainaro in East Timor. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000jk7w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jk7w. Exact location of earthquake, 125.7594° East, -9.1946° South, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 13/03/19 / 2019-03-13 14:42:44 / March 13, 2019 @ 2:42 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:42:44 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Dili (c. 150 000 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Same (c. 25 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Maliana (c. 22 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Suai (c. 21 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Liquica (c. 19 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Aileu (c. 17 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Atambua, Venilale, Maubara.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 35 km SE of Ainaro, East Timor. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.7594° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-9.1946° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	35km SE of Ainaro, East Timor	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-03-13 14:42:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-04-07 11:35:05	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	326	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.574	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.05 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	61	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us1000jk7w	Id of event.
Event Code	1000jk7w	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000jk7w,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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