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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Bitung in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.8956S, 125.7516WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 172 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia (107 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:59:59 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20002nm4. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002nm4. Exact location of event, depth 143.23 km, 125.7516° East, 2.8956° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 143.23 km (89 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/05/15 / 2015-05-30 19:59:59 / May 30, 2015 @ 7:59 pm UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 172 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.7516° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.8956° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 143.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 172km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-30 19:59:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-06-27 19:53:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.656 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 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 us20002nm4 Id of event.
Event Code 20002nm4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002nm4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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