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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 42 km NNE of Poigar, Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.3512S, 124.434WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Poigar in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.434 East, latitude 1.3512 North, depth = 234.15 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 234.15 km (145 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:53:32 / 5:53 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us100069gj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100069gj. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/16 / 2016-07-27 09:53:32 / July 27, 2016 @ 9:53 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bitung, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Tondano. Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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 three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 42 km NNE of Poigar, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.434° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.3512° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 234.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km NNE of Poigar, 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 09:53:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-25 10:27:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 2.9 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us100069gj Id of event.
Event Code 100069gj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100069gj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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