A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 267 km NE of Dili, East Timor (166 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 337.13 km (209 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/17 / 2017-12-05 18:35:17 / December 5, 2017 @ 6:35 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:35:17 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c3ha. Unique identifier: us2000c3ha. Exact location of earthquake, 127.4534° East, -7.0312° South, depth 337.13 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 267 km NE of Dili, East Timor.
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