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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Abepura in Indonesia

Posted by admin on July 23, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -2.5489S, 139.9241WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47.44 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 23/07/18 / 2018-07-23 07:20:36 / July 23, 2018 @ 7:20 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:20:36 / 4:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 139.9241 East, latitude -2.5489 South, depth = 47.44 km. Unique identifier: us2000gbq1. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000gbq1.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jayapura, Abepura (min 5000 pop).

Each 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 twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 73 km W of Abepura, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 139.9241° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.5489° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73km W of Abepura, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-23 07:20:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-23 09:01:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 312 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 7.675 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us2000gbq1 Id of event.
Event Code 2000gbq1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000gbq1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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