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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Sidorukun in Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.7563S, 114.2181WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 129 km S of Sidorukun, Indonesia (80 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 114.2181 East, latitude -9.7563 South, depth = 43.73 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:22:15 / 8:22 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000atjy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000atjy. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/10/17 / 2017-10-18 00:22:15 / October 18, 2017 @ 12:22 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.73 km (27 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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 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: 129 km S of Sidorukun, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 114.2181° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.7563° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.73 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 129km S of Sidorukun, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-18 00:22:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-18 01:06:37 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 298 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 1.279 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us1000atjy Id of event.
Event Code 1000atjy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000atjy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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