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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Pante Makasar in Timor Leste


Earthquake location -8.7952S, 123.743WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Pante Makasar in Timor Leste. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/10/24 / 2024-10-22 18:40:50 / October 22, 2024 @ 6:40 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 18:40:50 / 6:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 123.743 East, latitude -8.7952 South, depth = 10 km. 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: us7000nr6q. Unique identifier: us7000nr6q.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 83 km WNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.743° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.7952° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83 km WNW 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 2024-10-22 18:40:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-11 22:48:01 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.497 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us7000nr6q Id of event.
Event Code 7000nr6q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nr6q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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