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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Tambolaka in Indonesia


Earthquake location -10.3854S, 118.268WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 150 km SW of Tambolaka, Indonesia (93 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 118.268 East, latitude -10.3854 South, depth = 22.427 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/05/24 / 2024-05-08 20:54:31 / May 8, 2024 @ 8:54 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mxb4. Id of event: us6000mxb4. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.427 km (14 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:54:31 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter).

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. 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 has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 150 km SW of Tambolaka, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 118.268° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.3854° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.427 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 150 km SW of Tambolaka, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-08 20:54:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 17:23:16 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 312 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.622 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us6000mxb4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mxb4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mxb4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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