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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Pante Makasar in Timor Leste


Earthquake location -9.0132S, 124.1477WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Pante Makasar in Timor Leste on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 02:57:38 / 2:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.1477 East, latitude -9.0132 South, depth = 121.52 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/01/21 / 2021-01-05 02:57:38 / January 5, 2021 @ 2:57 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000d099. Unique identifier: us7000d099. The epicenter was at a depth of 121.52 km (76 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Atambua, Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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 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: 33 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.1477° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.0132° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 121.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km NW of Pante Makasar, 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 2021-01-05 02:57:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-21 03:49:41 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 271 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 0.746 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us7000d099 Id of event.
Event Code 7000d099 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d099, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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