Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Dili in Timor Leste

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 192 km N of Dili, Timor Leste (119 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 125.299° East, -6.84° South, depth 525.343 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/07/24 / 2024-07-24 00:43:06 / July 24, 2024 @ 12:43 am. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:43:06 / 12:43 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 525.343 km (326 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nf23. Id of event: us6000nf23. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 192 km N of Dili, Timor Leste.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.299° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.84° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	525.343 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	192 km N of Dili, 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	2024-07-24 00:43:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-24 00:55:48	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	385	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	52	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.519	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.5 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	52	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	us6000nf23	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nf23	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nf23,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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