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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Lospalos in Timor Leste

Posted by admin on August 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -6.6547S, 128.0267WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 235 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste (146 miles). Exact location of event, depth 336.484 km, 128.0267° East, -6.6547° South. Id of earthquake: us7000n7ni. Event ids that are associated: us7000n7ni. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 20:52:49 / August 17, 2024 @ 8:52 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 336.484 km (209 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:52:49 / 8:52 pm (local time epicenter). 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 four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 235 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.0267° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.6547° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 336.484 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 235 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 2024-08-17 20:52:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-17 21:08:51 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 70 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.825 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 us7000n7ni Id of event.
Event Code 7000n7ni An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n7ni, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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