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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Naisano Dua in Indonesia

Posted by admin on February 15, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -9.2768S, 123.5393WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia on Friday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:50:25 / 10:50 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/02/19 / 2019-02-15 02:50:25 / February 15, 2019 @ 2:50 am. Event id: us2000ji94. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ji94. The epicenter was at a depth of 81.95 km (51 miles). Exact location of event, depth 81.95 km, 123.5393° East, -9.2768° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 43 km NW of Naisano Dua, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.5393° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.2768° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 81.95 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43km NW of Naisano Dua, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-02-15 02:50:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-15 03:21:30 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 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 0.861 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us2000ji94 Id of event.
Event Code 2000ji94 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ji94, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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