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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Bambanglipuro in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.7485S, 109.8797WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 98 km SSW of Bambanglipuro, Indonesia (61 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 69.7 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 109.8797° East, latitude -8.7485° South, depth = 69.7 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:28:45 / 3:28 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20003frl. Event ids that are associated: us20003frl. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/08/15 / 2015-08-18 08:28:45 / August 18, 2015 @ 8:28 am.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 98 km SSW of Bambanglipuro, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 109.8797° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.7485° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 98km SSW of Bambanglipuro, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-18 08:28:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-05 12:28:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 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 259 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 1.046 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us20003frl Id of event.
Event Code 20003frl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003frl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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