A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Ainaro in East Timor on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.83 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 23/07/16 / 2016-07-23 02:34:33 / July 23, 2016 @ 2:34 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20006i3h. Unique identifier: us20006i3h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:34:33 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 125.4191° East, latitude -9.6532° South, depth = 74.83 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Same (c. 25 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Maliana (c. 22 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Suai (c. 21 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ainaro (c. 12 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Atambua, Maliana, Same (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km S of Ainaro, East Timor. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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