A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 249 km NE of Dili, East Timor (155 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 126.9715° East, latitude -6.7841° South, depth = 447.83 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 447.83 km (278 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/04/19 / 2019-04-24 23:11:27 / April 24, 2019 @ 11:11 pm. Event id: us70003gau. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003gau. The temblor was reported at 07:11:27 / 7:11 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 249 km NE of Dili, East Timor. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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