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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 93 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.1194S, 125.686WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/04/17 / 2017-04-17 00:51:31 / April 17, 2017 @ 12:51 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 132.38 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10008i8j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008i8j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:51:31 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 125.686 East, latitude 2.1194 North, depth = 132.38 km.

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bitung (min 5000 pop).

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 fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 93 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.686° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.1194° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 132.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93km NE of Bitung, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-04-17 00:51:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-17 01:05:46 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 284 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 2.148 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 116 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 us10008i8j Id of event.
Event Code 10008i8j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008i8j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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