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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Npongge in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.6545S, 118.2768WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Npongge in Indonesia on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000858g. Id of event: us6000858g. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 141.19 km (88 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 21:28:47 / 9:28 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/02/20 / 2020-02-27 13:28:47 / February 27, 2020 @ 1:28 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 118.2768 East, latitude -8.6545 South, depth = 141.19 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar, Bima.

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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km S of Npongge, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 118.2768° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.6545° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 141.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km S of Npongge, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-27 13:28:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-27 14:01:32 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 326 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 3.901 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us6000858g Id of event.
Event Code 6000858g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000858g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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