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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Saumlaki in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.0316S, 129.2661WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 248 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (154 miles). Event id: us70006x2y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006x2y. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/12/19 / 2019-12-23 01:42:19 / December 23, 2019 @ 1:42 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 137.52 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:42:19 / 10:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 129.2661 East, latitude -7.0316 South, depth = 137.52 km.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 248 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.2661° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.0316° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 137.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 248km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-23 01:42:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-13 01:54:51 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 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 2.225 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 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 us70006x2y Id of event.
Event Code 70006x2y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006x2y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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