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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Saumlaki in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.2262S, 130.7015WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 202 km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (126 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:35:52 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 130.7015 East, latitude -6.2262 South, depth = 138.56 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/05/20 / 2020-05-27 19:35:52 / May 27, 2020 @ 7:35 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 138.56 km (86 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a0e8. Id of event: us6000a0e8.

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 five and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 202 km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.7015° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.2262° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 138.56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 202km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-27 19:35:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-27 19:54:24 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 1.842 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us6000a0e8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000a0e8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a0e8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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