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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 241 km SSE of Waingapu, Indonesia

Posted by admin on August 26, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -11.5582S, 121.3501WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 241 km SSE of Waingapu, Indonesia (150 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: us6000bcpt. Unique identifier: us6000bcpt. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.72 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 121.3501 East, latitude -11.5582 South, depth = 9.72 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/20 / 2020-08-05 21:49:46 / August 5, 2020 @ 9:49 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 21:49:46 / 9:49 pm (local time epicenter).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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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: 241 km SSE of Waingapu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.3501° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.5582° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 241 km SSE of Waingapu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-05 21:49:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-26 03:42:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 2.639 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us6000bcpt Id of event.
Event Code 6000bcpt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bcpt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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