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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Namlea in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.7281S, 126.8896WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 63 km NNW of Namlea, Indonesia (39 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.8896 East, latitude -2.7281 South, depth = 22.92 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/01/18 / 2018-01-13 05:38:11 / January 13, 2018 @ 5:38 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.92 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:38:11 / 1:38 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000cj8g. Event ids that are associated: us2000cj8g.

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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km NNW of Namlea, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.8896° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.7281° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km NNW of Namlea, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-13 05:38:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-13 06:56:28 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 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 4.443 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 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 us2000cj8g Id of event.
Event Code 2000cj8g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000cj8g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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