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

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Manado in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 124.5468° East, 1.5631° North, depth 242.87 km. Event id: us10005e24. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005e24. The temblor was reported at 05:18:58 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/04/16 / 2016-04-26 21:18:58 / April 26, 2016 @ 9:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 242.87 km (151 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bitung, Tondano, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	124.5468° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	1.5631° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	242.87 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34km WNW of Manado, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-04-26 21:18:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-05-25 05:38:31	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	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	2.926	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	115	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	us10005e24	Id of event.
Event Code	10005e24	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10005e24,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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