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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Lospalos in Timor Leste


Earthquake location -7.441S, 128.9236WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 243 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste (151 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000d3fl. Event ids that are associated: us7000d3fl. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 188.19 km (117 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:07:13 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.9236 East, latitude -7.441 South, depth = 188.19 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/01/21 / 2021-01-17 13:07:13 / January 17, 2021 @ 1:07 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 243 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.9236° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.441° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 188.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 243 km ENE 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 2021-01-17 13:07:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-26 17:52:20 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 271 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 2.414 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us7000d3fl Id of event.
Event Code 7000d3fl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d3fl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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