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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Kefamenanu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.9762S, 124.0218WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Kefamenanu in Indonesia on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/11/15 / 2015-11-27 07:21:41 / November 27, 2015 @ 7:21 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us100041nj. Event ids that are associated: us100041nj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 107 km (66 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.0218 East, latitude -8.9762 South, depth = 107 km. The temblor was detected at 15:21:41 / 3:21 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop).

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. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

Questions or comments?

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: 72 km NW of Kefamenanu, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.0218° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.9762° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 107 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72km NW of Kefamenanu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-27 07:21:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-27 07:43:19 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 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 0.811 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us100041nj Id of event.
Event Code 100041nj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100041nj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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