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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Kangin in Indonesia


Earthquake location -11.1093S, 115.1653WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 251 km S of Kangin, Indonesia (156 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 115.1653° East, -11.1093° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:16:29 / 8:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/03/20 / 2020-03-28 00:16:29 / March 28, 2020 @ 12:16 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008klr. Id of event: us70008klr.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 251 km S of Kangin, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 115.1653° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.1093° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 251km S of Kangin, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-28 00:16:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-03 03:34:11 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 298 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 2.806 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 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 us70008klr Id of event.
Event Code 70008klr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008klr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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