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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 177 km N of Manatutu, Timor Leste


Earthquake location -6.9122S, 125.9069WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 177 km N of Manatutu, Timor Leste (110 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 125.9069 East, latitude -6.9122 South, depth = 495.808 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:37:32 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000n969. Event ids that are associated: us7000n969. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 495.808 km (308 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/08/24 / 2024-08-24 10:37:32 / August 24, 2024 @ 10:37 am.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 177 km N of Manatutu, Timor Leste. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.9069° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.9122° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 495.808 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 177 km N of Manatutu, 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 2024-08-24 10:37:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-24 11:18:19 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 284 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.257 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 81 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 us7000n969 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n969 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n969, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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