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Strong earthquake 6.3 mag, 77 km WNW of Dili, East Timor

Posted by admin on November 4, 2015 1 Comment

Earthquake location -8.3531S, 124.8991WA earthquake magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Dili in East Timor. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200041ty. Id of event: us200041ty. The temblor was detected at 11:44:15 / 11:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.33 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/11/15 / 2015-11-04 03:44:15 / November 4, 2015 @ 3:44 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Dili in East Timor (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 124.8991 East, latitude -8.3531 South, depth = 14.33 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Dili (c. 150 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Same (c. 25 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Maliana (c. 22 000 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Suai (c. 21 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Liquica (c. 19 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Aileu (c. 17 400 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Maubara (c. 16 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manatuto, Suai, Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 77 km WNW of Dili, East Timor.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.8991° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.3531° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77km WNW of Dili, East Timor Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-04 03:44:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-04 04:10:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.71 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 613 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.526 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 21 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us200041ty Id of event.
Event Code 200041ty An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200041ty, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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  1. nate

    I was in Dili during the earthquake; windows rattled and I got a bit ‘tipsy,’ however it’s difficult to imagine much structural damage.

    November 4, 2015
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