A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 118 km NNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste (73 miles) on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 22:16:00 / 10:16 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 180.497 km (112 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 22:16:00 / May 20, 2024 @ 10:16 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n1ar. Id of event: us6000n1ar. Exact location of event, longitude 123.8273 East, latitude -8.2798 South, depth = 180.497 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 118 km NNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste.
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