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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Teluknaga in Indonesia

Posted by admin on May 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -5.6535S, 106.6784WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Teluknaga in Indonesia. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 09:42:54 / May 15, 2024 @ 9:42 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000myq2. Event ids that are associated: us6000myq2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 257.302 km (160 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 09:42:54 / 9:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 106.6784° East, latitude -5.6535° South, depth = 257.302 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciampea, Pandeglang, Citeureup (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Jakarta (c. 8 540 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Bekasi (c. 1 520 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Tangerang (c. 1 372 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from South Tangerang (c. 1 303 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Depok (c. 1 198 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ciputat (c. 207 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Ciampea (c. 207 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. 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.

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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. 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: 49 km N of Teluknaga, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 106.6784° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.6535° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 257.302 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km N of Teluknaga, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-15 09:42:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 10:08:51 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 66 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.04 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 us6000myq2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000myq2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000myq2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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