Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Amahusu in Indonesia

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 246 km S of Amahusu, Indonesia (153 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:48:08 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 21:48:08 / September 28, 2018 @ 9:48 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 397.32 km, 127.7717° East, -5.9209° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 397.32 km (247 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h74u. Unique identifier: us1000h74u.

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 246 km S of Amahusu, Indonesia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	127.7717° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-5.9209° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	397.32 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	246km S of Amahusu, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-09-28 21:48:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-10-14 05:38:22	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	284	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	4.056	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.35 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	52	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	us1000h74u	Id of event.
Event Code	1000h74u	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000h74u,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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