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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Saumlaki in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.1649S, 129.0866WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 260 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (162 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 129.0866° East, -7.1649° South, depth 167.91 km. Global time and date of event 17/03/16 / 2016-03-17 18:54:10 / March 17, 2016 @ 6:54 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005bhq. Id of event: us20005bhq. The temblor was detected at 03:54:10 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 167.91 km (104 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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: 260 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.0866° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.1649° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 167.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 260km WNW 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 2016-03-17 18:54:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-03-22 18:20:35 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 340 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 2.338 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us20005bhq Id of event.
Event Code 20005bhq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005bhq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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