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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Lospalos in Timor Leste


Earthquake location -7.4024S, 129.0732WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 260 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste (162 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 16:43:21 / 4:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 129.0732 East, latitude -7.4024 South, depth = 121.221 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nw4g. Id of event: us6000nw4g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 121.221 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/10/24 / 2024-10-02 16:43:21 / October 2, 2024 @ 4:43 pm UTC/GMT.

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 260 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.0732° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.4024° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 121.221 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 260 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 2024-10-02 16:43:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-03 22:47:40 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 298 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.462 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 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 us6000nw4g Id of event.
Event Code 6000nw4g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nw4g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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