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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Baturaja in Indonesia

Posted by admin on May 21, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -4.211S, 104.7777WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Baturaja in Indonesia on Monday. Exact location, longitude 104.7777° East, latitude -4.211° South, depth = 266.159 km. Event id: us6000mya8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mya8. The temblor was reported at 01:11:41 / 1:11 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 266.159 km (165 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/05/24 / 2024-05-06 01:11:41 / May 6, 2024 @ 1:11 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Baturaja (c. 134 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Terbanggi Besar (c. 52 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kotabumi (c. 42 400 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Terbanggi Besar, Kotabumi, Baturaja.

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 has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km E of Baturaja, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 104.7777° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.211° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 266.159 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68 km E 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 2024-05-06 01:11:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-13 21:12:07 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.823 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us6000mya8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mya8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mya8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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