A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 171 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste (106 miles). Unique identifier: us7000bkcf. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bkcf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 127.9251 East, latitude -7.2792 South, depth = 138.64 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:28:14 / 2:28 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 138.64 km (86 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/09/20 / 2020-09-09 14:28:14 / September 9, 2020 @ 2:28 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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