A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 149 km N of Metinaro, Timor Leste (93 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 125.77° East, -7.1784° South, depth 483.933 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 483.933 km (301 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/10/24 / 2024-10-28 02:02:58 / October 28, 2024 @ 2:02 am. Unique identifier: us7000nnjr. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnjr. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:02:58 / 2:02 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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.
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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: 149 km N of Metinaro, Timor Leste.
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