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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 110 km N of Ogotua, Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.9626S, 120.2243WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 110 km N of Ogotua, Indonesia (68 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:33:50 / 12:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us60009enz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009enz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.38 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 17.38 km, 120.2243° East, 1.9626° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/04/20 / 2020-04-23 04:33:50 / April 23, 2020 @ 4:33 am.

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 110 km N of Ogotua, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.2243° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.9626° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 110km N of Ogotua, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-23 04:33:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-04 03:08:14 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 271 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 1.012 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us60009enz Id of event.
Event Code 60009enz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60009enz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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