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


Earthquake location 0.0633S, 124.5803WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 71 km SSE of Lolayan, Indonesia (44 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 06:25:23 / 6:25 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 77.89 km (48 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/08/15 / 2015-08-31 22:25:23 / August 31, 2015 @ 10:25 pm. Event id: us20003iu0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003iu0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.5803 East, latitude 0.0633 North, depth = 77.89 km.

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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 71 km SSE of Lolayan, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.5803° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.0633° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71km SSE of Lolayan, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-31 22:25:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-17 21:56:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 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 2.873 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 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 us20003iu0 Id of event.
Event Code 20003iu0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003iu0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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