Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 128 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 128 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia (80 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/03/17 / 2017-03-31 23:43:48 / March 31, 2017 @ 11:43 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 08:43:48 / 8:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10008f8h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008f8h. Exact location of event, longitude 139.7239 East, latitude -3.4067 South, depth = 35 km.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 128 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	139.7239° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-3.4067° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	128km SW of Abepura, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-03-31 23:43:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-04-07 02:54:49	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	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	7.479	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.99 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	231	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	us10008f8h	Id of event.
Event Code	10008f8h	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008f8h,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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