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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Lospalos in Timor Leste


Earthquake location -7.0879S, 129.071WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 278 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste (173 miles) on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 144.417 km (90 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:38:42 / 10:38 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nyeb. Event ids that are associated: us7000nyeb. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/12/24 / 2024-12-13 10:38:42 / December 13, 2024 @ 10:38 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 129.071 East, latitude -7.0879 South, depth = 144.417 km.

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 five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 278 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 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.071° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.0879° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 144.417 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 278 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 2024-12-13 10:38:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-13 12:39:31 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.68 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 168 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 us7000nyeb Id of event.
Event Code 7000nyeb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nyeb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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