Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Lospalos in Timor Leste


Earthquake location -6.2684S, 128.1441WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 279 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste (173 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 128.1441 East, latitude -6.2684 South, depth = 357.85 km. The temblor was reported at 13:26:23 / 1:26 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000aiac. Unique identifier: us7000aiac. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 357.85 km (222 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/20 / 2020-07-05 13:26:23 / July 5, 2020 @ 1:26 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 279 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste.

Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.1441° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.2684° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 357.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 279 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-05 13:26:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-05 14:02:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.563 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000aiac Id of event.
Event Code 7000aiac An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000aiac, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply