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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Lospalos in Timor Leste


Earthquake location -7.4575S, 128.0658WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 166 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste (103 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 128.0658 East, latitude -7.4575 South, depth = 152.704 km. Global time and date of event 27/10/24 / 2024-10-27 04:40:09 / October 27, 2024 @ 4:40 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 04:40:09 / 4:40 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nrs9. Unique identifier: us7000nrs9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 152.704 km (95 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light 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. 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: 166 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.0658° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.4575° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 152.704 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 166 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 2024-10-27 04:40:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-15 00:11:13 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.138 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us7000nrs9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nrs9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nrs9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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