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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 209 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste


Earthquake location -7.3138S, 128.4577WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 209 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste (130 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/09/20 / 2020-09-12 20:26:19 / September 12, 2020 @ 8:26 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 140.81 km (87 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bmip. Id of event: us7000bmip. The temblor was detected at 20:26:19 / 8:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.4577 East, latitude -7.3138 South, depth = 140.81 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 209 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.4577° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.3138° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 140.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 209 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 2020-09-12 20:26:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-12 20:42:18 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 416 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.893 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000bmip Id of event.
Event Code 7000bmip An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bmip, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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