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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Likisá in Timor Leste

Posted by admin on October 16, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -6.8518S, 125.1963WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 192 km N of Likisá, Timor Leste (119 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 540.85 km (336 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000c4tm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c4tm. Exact location of event, longitude 125.1963 East, latitude -6.8518 South, depth = 540.85 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:45:29 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/09/20 / 2020-09-29 02:45:29 / September 29, 2020 @ 2:45 am UTC/GMT.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 192 km N of Likisá, Timor Leste.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.1963° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.8518° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 540.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 192 km N of Likisá, 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 2020-09-29 02:45:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-16 00:33:22 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 3.027 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us6000c4tm Id of event.
Event Code 6000c4tm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c4tm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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