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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Mamuju in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.9921S, 118.8828WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Mamuju in Indonesia on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/21 / 2021-01-15 00:25:24 / January 15, 2021 @ 12:25 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 118.8828° East, -2.9921° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000d2f9. Event ids that are associated: us7000d2f9. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:25:24 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Polewali (c. 58 200 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Majene (c. 37 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mamuju (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Polewali, Majene, Mamuju. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 34 km S of Mamuju, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 118.8828° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.9921° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km S of Mamuju, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-15 00:25:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-23 22:35:30 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 284 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 2.187 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us7000d2f9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000d2f9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d2f9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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