Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Laikit in Laikit II (Dimembe) in Indonesia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Laikit in Laikit II (Dimembe) in Indonesia on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/02/20 / 2020-02-29 18:30:15 / February 29, 2020 @ 6:30 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us60008adc. Unique identifier: us60008adc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 159.14 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.0063 East, latitude 2.1178 North, depth = 159.14 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:30:15 / 2:30 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomohon, Tondano, Bitung (min 5000 pop).

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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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 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: 69 km N of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.0063° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	2.1178° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	159.14 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	69km N of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-02-29 18:30:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-03-21 18:00:47	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	284	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	2.712	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.83 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	74	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	us60008adc	Id of event.
Event Code	60008adc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60008adc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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