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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Nebe in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.4477S, 122.4998WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Nebe in Indonesia on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 17:25:11 / 5:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 199.55 km, 122.4998° East, -8.4477° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 199.55 km (124 miles). Id of earthquake: us100096mg. Event ids that are associated: us100096mg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/17 / 2017-07-04 09:25:11 / July 4, 2017 @ 9:25 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Maumere (c. 47 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maumere.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km WNW of Nebe, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.4998° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.4477° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 199.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km WNW of Nebe, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-07-04 09:25:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-07-04 09:51:52 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 340 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 0.319 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 34 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 us100096mg Id of event.
Event Code 100096mg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100096mg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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