A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 276 km N of Baukau, Timor Leste (171 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.529 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/06/24 / 2024-06-26 23:30:39 / June 26, 2024 @ 11:30 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 126.6124 East, latitude -5.9798 South, depth = 8.529 km. Id of earthquake: us6000n8il. Event ids that are associated: us6000n8il. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:30:39 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 276 km N of Baukau, Timor Leste.
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