A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Baukau in Timor Leste. Global time and date of event 06/09/20 / 2020-09-06 08:37:14 / September 6, 2020 @ 8:37 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 201.53 km, 126.5943° East, -7.7058° South. Unique identifier: us7000biv3. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000biv3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:37:14 / 8:37 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 201.53 km (125 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baucau. Close country/countries that might be effected, East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Baucau (c. 16 000 pop).
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 twenty-two 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. Each 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km N of Baukau, Timor Leste. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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