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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Banjar Dukuh in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.32S, 115.5201WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Banjar Dukuh in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:54:17 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 115.5201 East, latitude -8.32 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/11/17 / 2017-11-08 21:54:17 / November 8, 2017 @ 9:54 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bkk8. Id of event: us2000bkk8.

Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Negara, Praya, Mataram (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Singaraja (c. 133 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Banjar (c. 89 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Tabanan (c. 33 700 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Negara (c. 33 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine 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. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SW of Banjar Dukuh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 115.5201° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.32° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km SW of Banjar Dukuh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-11-08 21:54:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-08 22:18:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 11 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 374 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 1.361 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us2000bkk8 Id of event.
Event Code 2000bkk8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000bkk8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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