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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 12 km ESE of Kairatu, Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.3867S, 128.468WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Kairatu in Indonesia on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 128.468° East, latitude -3.3867° South, depth = 48.29 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.29 km (30 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:04:56 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/19 / 2019-12-06 14:04:56 / December 6, 2019 @ 2:04 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us60006r84. Unique identifier: us60006r84.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai, Ambon (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 12 km ESE of Kairatu, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.468° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.3867° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km ESE of Kairatu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-06 14:04:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-03 11:36:01 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 259 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 3.803 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 98 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 us60006r84 Id of event.
Event Code 60006r84 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006r84, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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