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Light earthquake 4 mag, 19 km SW of Mambi, Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.0792S, 119.0604WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Mambi in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 00:34:14 / 12:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.19 km (16 miles). Unique identifier: us1000hsuz. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hsuz. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/11/18 / 2018-11-11 16:34:14 / November 11, 2018 @ 4:34 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 26.19 km, 119.0604° East, -3.0792° South.

Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Polewali (c. 58 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Majene (c. 37 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mamuju (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Majene, Polewali, Mamuju (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km SW of Mambi, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.0604° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.0792° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km SW of Mambi, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-11 16:34:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-18 19:40:14 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 2.042 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us1000hsuz Id of event.
Event Code 1000hsuz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hsuz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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