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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Komodo in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.2943S, 119.4903WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Komodo in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.4903 East, latitude -8.2943 South, depth = 164.58 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 164.58 km (102 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:44:16 / 10:44 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000djs3. Event ids that are associated: us6000djs3. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/02/21 / 2021-02-20 22:44:16 / February 20, 2021 @ 10:44 pm.

Event epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bima, Labuhanbajo.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km N of Komodo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.4903° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.2943° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 164.58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km N of Komodo, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-20 22:44:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-21 00:23:53 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 326 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 2.738 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 us6000djs3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000djs3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000djs3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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