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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Laikit in Laikit II (Dimembe) in Indonesia

Posted by admin on December 18, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 2.3298S, 126.3355WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 177 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia (110 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 126.3355° East, 2.3298° North, depth 6.55 km. The temblor was reported at 20:29:04 / 8:29 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cr09. Id of event: us7000cr09. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.55 km (4 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/20 / 2020-12-09 20:29:04 / December 9, 2020 @ 8:29 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 177 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.3355° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.3298° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 177 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-09 20:29:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-18 20:36:17 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 1.859 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us7000cr09 Id of event.
Event Code 7000cr09 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cr09, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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