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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Lospalos in Timor Leste


Earthquake location -7.3264S, 128.5164WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 213 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste (132 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 128.5164 East, latitude -7.3264 South, depth = 140 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:44:12 / 11:44 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000np19. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000np19. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/10/24 / 2024-10-10 23:44:12 / October 10, 2024 @ 11:44 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 140 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-four 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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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 213 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.5164° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.3264° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 140 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 213 km NE 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 2024-10-10 23:44:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-30 23:31:57 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 246 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.743 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us7000np19 Id of event.
Event Code 7000np19 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000np19, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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