A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 260 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste (162 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/05/24 / 2024-05-29 02:12:08 / May 29, 2024 @ 2:12 am. Exact location, longitude 128.994° East, latitude -7.2616° South, depth = 154.412 km. Event id: us7000mnp9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mnp9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:12:08 / 2:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 154.412 km (96 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 260 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste.
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