A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 186 km NE of Dili, East Timor (116 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.8167 East, latitude -7.4172 South, depth = 299.5 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/12/18 / 2018-12-12 07:51:57 / December 12, 2018 @ 7:51 am. The temblor was picked up at 15:51:57 / 3:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 299.5 km (186 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000isps. Id of event: us2000isps.
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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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