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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 147 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste


Earthquake location -7.5198S, 127.8825WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 147 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste (91 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.8825 East, latitude -7.5198 South, depth = 142.002 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 142.002 km (88 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:58:11 / 4:58 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000nqns. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nqns. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/10/24 / 2024-10-21 04:58:11 / October 21, 2024 @ 4:58 am.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-three 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 147 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.8825° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.5198° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 142.002 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 147 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 2024-10-21 04:58:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-10 05:04:35 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 312 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.593 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us7000nqns Id of event.
Event Code 7000nqns An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nqns, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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