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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Praimarada in Indonesia

Posted by admin on February 27, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -9.5965S, 120.6269WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Praimarada in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 82.94 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 120.6269° East, latitude -9.5965° South, depth = 82.94 km. The temblor was detected at 10:13:10 / 10:13 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/02/20 / 2020-02-21 02:13:10 / February 21, 2020 @ 2:13 am. Id of earthquake: us600084qw. Event ids that are associated: us600084qw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waingapu. Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 32 km N of Praimarada, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.6269° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.5965° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 82.94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32km N of Praimarada, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-21 02:13:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-27 01:14:13 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 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 1.855 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 95 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 us600084qw Id of event.
Event Code 600084qw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600084qw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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