Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Saumlaki in Indonesia

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 78 km WSW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (48 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 24.2 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 130.6377 East, latitude -8.164 South, depth = 24.2 km. Global time and date of event 28/10/15 / 2015-10-28 10:41:15 / October 28, 2015 @ 10:41 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000404z. Event ids that are associated: us2000404z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:41:15 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km WSW of Saumlaki, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	130.6377° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-8.164° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	24.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	78km WSW of Saumlaki, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-10-28 10:41:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-10-28 11:06:59	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	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	298	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	4.675	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.6 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	us2000404z	Id of event.
Event Code	2000404z	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000404z,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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