A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 277 km ENE of Dili, East Timor (172 miles). 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 167.73 km (104 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/04/19 / 2019-04-28 03:38:09 / April 28, 2019 @ 3:38 am. Id of earthquake: us70003d97. Event ids that are associated: us70003d97. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:38:09 / 12:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 127.8452° East, latitude -7.4807° South, depth = 167.73 km.
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 one and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 277 km ENE of Dili, East Timor.
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