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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Tambulatana in Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.2006S, 120.1991WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Tambulatana in Indonesia. Id of earthquake: us1000egfl. Event ids that are associated: us1000egfl. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/05/18 / 2018-05-28 13:57:09 / May 28, 2018 @ 1:57 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.74 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 120.1991° East, -9.2006° South, depth 39.74 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:57:09 / 9:57 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Labuhanbajo, Ruteng, Waingapu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km N of Tambulatana, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.1991° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.2006° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km N of Tambulatana, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-28 13:57:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-05 17:02:24 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 246 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 2.09 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 us1000egfl Id of event.
Event Code 1000egfl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000egfl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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