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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Baturaja in Indonesia


Earthquake location -4.7178S, 103.7172WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Baturaja in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 151.307 km (94 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 103.7172 East, latitude -4.7178 South, depth = 151.307 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mxip. Id of event: us6000mxip. The temblor was picked up at 14:30:30 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/05/24 / 2024-05-09 14:30:30 / May 9, 2024 @ 2:30 pm.

The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Baturaja (c. 134 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tanjungagung (c. 53 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pageralam, Tanjungagung, Baturaja. Close 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 one 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. Every 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 82 km SW of Baturaja, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 103.7172° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.7178° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 151.307 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82 km SW of Baturaja, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-09 14:30:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-19 20:20:27 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 271 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.838 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 169 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 us6000mxip Id of event.
Event Code 6000mxip An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mxip, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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