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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Labuan in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.0303S, 105.3894WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Labuan in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 105.3894 East, latitude -7.0303 South, depth = 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mu8h. Unique identifier: us6000mu8h. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/04/24 / 2024-04-27 08:27:14 / April 27, 2024 @ 8:27 am. The temblor was picked up at 08:27:14 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Labuan (c. 33 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Labuan (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km SW of Labuan, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 105.3894° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.0303° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87 km SW of Labuan, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-27 08:27:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-10 07:14:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 341 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.283 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us6000mu8h Id of event.
Event Code 6000mu8h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mu8h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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