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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Mamasa in Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.0054S, 119.4497WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Mamasa in Indonesia on Monday. 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 43.14 km (27 miles). Event id: us2000j7wm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j7wm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:20:25 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 20:20:25 / January 6, 2019 @ 8:20 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 119.4497 East, latitude -3.0054 South, depth = 43.14 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palopo, Majene, Mamuju (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Palopo (c. 129 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Polewali (c. 58 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Rantepao (c. 40 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Majene (c. 37 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Mamuju (c. 15 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-three 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km SE of Mamasa, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.4497° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.0054° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km SE of Mamasa, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-06 20:20:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-04 20:26:13 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 298 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 2.018 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us2000j7wm Id of event.
Event Code 2000j7wm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j7wm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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