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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Lospalos in Timor Leste

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Earthquake location -8.6693S, 127.3718WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Lospalos in Timor Leste. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 127.3718° East, -8.6693° South. Id of earthquake: us6000qgtg. Event ids that are associated: us6000qgtg. The temblor was picked up at 04:15:43 / 4:15 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/05/25 / 2025-05-30 04:15:43 / May 30, 2025 @ 4:15 am.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lospalos (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Lospalos (c. 17 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 44 km ESE of Lospalos, Timor Leste. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.3718° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.6693° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km ESE 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 2025-05-30 04:15:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-18 00:27:01 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 284 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.249 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 177 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 us6000qgtg Id of event.
Event Code 6000qgtg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qgtg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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