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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Abepura in Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.0543S, 138.997WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 182 km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia (113 miles). 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: us70008g96. Unique identifier: us70008g96. Exact location, longitude 138.997° East, latitude -3.0543° South, depth = 73.45 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/03/20 / 2020-03-26 06:49:22 / March 26, 2020 @ 6:49 am. The temblor was detected at 15:49:22 / 3:49 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 73.45 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 182 km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 138.997° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.0543° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 73.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 182km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-26 06:49:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-26 07:12:43 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 354 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 6.74 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us70008g96 Id of event.
Event Code 70008g96 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008g96, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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