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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Saparua in Indonesia


Earthquake location -5.4149S, 129.445WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 222 km SSE of Saparua, Indonesia (138 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 129.445° East, latitude -5.4149° South, depth = 258.35 km. Global time and date of event 10/12/15 / 2015-12-10 18:55:32 / December 10, 2015 @ 6:55 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:55:32 / 3:55 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 258.35 km (161 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004g7l. Id of event: us20004g7l.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 222 km SSE of Saparua, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.445° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.4149° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 258.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 222km SSE of Saparua, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-12-10 18:55:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-10 19:19:43 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 369 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 3.146 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 28 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 us20004g7l Id of event.
Event Code 20004g7l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20004g7l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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