A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Dili in East Timor. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:15:02 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/11/15 / 2015-11-04 08:15:02 / November 4, 2015 @ 8:15 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us200041vm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200041vm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 43.24 km, 125.0619° East, -8.4042° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.24 km (27 miles).
The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Dili (c. 150 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Same (c. 25 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Maliana (c. 22 000 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Suai (c. 21 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Liquica (c. 19 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Aileu (c. 17 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Suai, Same, Ainaro (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 58 km WNW of Dili, East Timor.
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