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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Tual in Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.7122S, 131.5537WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 253 km NNW of Tual, Indonesia (157 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 131.5537 East, latitude -3.7122 South, depth = 30.07 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.07 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 18:21:59 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/07/16 / 2016-07-27 09:21:59 / July 27, 2016 @ 9:21 am. Event id: us20006i27. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006i27.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 253 km NNW of Tual, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.5537° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.7122° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 253km NNW of Tual, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-07-27 09:21:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-27 09:49:26 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 1.049 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 98 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 us20006i27 Id of event.
Event Code 20006i27 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006i27, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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