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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Biaslantang Kaler in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.1902S, 115.8423WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Biaslantang Kaler in Indonesia on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d1yt. Id of event: us2000d1yt. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/02/18 / 2018-02-02 05:59:12 / February 2, 2018 @ 5:59 am. Exact location of earthquake, 115.8423° East, -8.1902° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:59:12 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tabanan, Denpasar, Munduk (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Singaraja (c. 133 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tabanan (c. 33 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 28 km NE of Biaslantang Kaler, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 115.8423° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.1902° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km NE of Biaslantang Kaler, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-02 05:59:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-17 11:05:24 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 1.695 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us2000d1yt Id of event.
Event Code 2000d1yt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d1yt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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