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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Leof in Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.6048S, 125.1977WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Leof in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 125.1977° East, latitude -9.6048° South, depth = 62.07 km. Unique identifier: us10002lyn. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002lyn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.07 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/06/15 / 2015-06-15 23:14:32 / June 15, 2015 @ 11:14 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:14:32 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Same, Kefamenanu, Ainaro. Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Same (c. 25 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Maliana (c. 22 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Suai (c. 21 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ainaro (c. 12 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km E of Leof, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.1977° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.6048° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km E of Leof, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-06-15 23:14:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-06-27 22:06:47 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 0.929 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us10002lyn Id of event.
Event Code 10002lyn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002lyn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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