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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Atambua in Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.5378S, 125.1487WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Atambua in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 06:54:07 / 6:54 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002wtb. Id of event: us20002wtb. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/15 / 2015-06-27 22:54:07 / June 27, 2015 @ 10:54 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45.36 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.1487 East, latitude -9.5378 South, depth = 45.36 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Same (c. 25 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Maliana (c. 22 000 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Suai (c. 21 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ainaro (c. 12 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pante Makasar, Same, Kefamenanu (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 55 km SSE of Atambua, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.1487° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.5378° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km SSE of Atambua, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-06-27 22:54:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-19 04:10:39 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 0.895 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 us20002wtb Id of event.
Event Code 20002wtb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002wtb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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