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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Tual in Indonesia


Earthquake location -5.6403S, 133.6777WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Tual in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 133.6777 East, latitude -5.6403 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:28:51 / 9:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/01/21 / 2021-01-31 09:28:51 / January 31, 2021 @ 9:28 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000dddp. Event ids that are associated: us6000dddp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tual (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Tual (c. 39 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 102 km E of Tual, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 133.6777° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.6403° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 102 km E of Tual, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-31 09:28:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-31 09:50:24 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 3.055 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us6000dddp Id of event.
Event Code 6000dddp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dddp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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