an earthquake whose epicenter is more than 1000km from, but detectable at, a recording seismometer. Earthquakes whose epicenters are closer than this are regarded as local events.

Pertaining to earthquakes at distances greater than 1,000 km from the measurement site.

An adjective to refer to earthquakes, and any properties thereof, that occur more than 100 km from a particular site. In this age of modern seismic data-recording networks, this translates to more than 100 km from the nearest operational station in that network.