Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 139 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 139 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste (86 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 128.0341 East, latitude -7.7896 South, depth = 134.749 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 134.749 km (84 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:12:40 / 1:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/07/24 / 2024-07-08 13:12:40 / July 8, 2024 @ 1:12 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000mxs2. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mxs2.

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 four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 139 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	128.0341° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-7.7896° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	134.749 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	139 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	2024-07-08 13:12:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-08 16:01:53	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.204	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.55 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	122	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	us7000mxs2	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mxs2	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mxs2,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 139 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste

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