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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Palu in Indonesia

Posted by admin on January 19, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location -0.0006S, 120.093WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 103 kilometers (64 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 00:56:44 / 12:56 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000d18h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d18h. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/01/21 / 2021-01-19 00:56:44 / January 19, 2021 @ 12:56 am. Exact location of event, depth 77.67 km, 120.093° East, -0.0006° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77.67 km (48 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 102 km (63 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu (min 5000 pop).

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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 103 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.093° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.0006° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 103 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-19 00:56:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-19 01:14:38 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 369 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 2.871 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 us7000d18h Id of event.
Event Code 7000d18h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d18h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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