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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Tambolaka in Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.3558S, 118.5224WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 79 km W of Tambolaka, Indonesia (49 miles). Exact location, longitude 118.5224° East, latitude -9.3558° South, depth = 98.337 km. 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 98.337 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/05/24 / 2024-05-16 22:39:55 / May 16, 2024 @ 10:39 pm. Event id: us6000n0he. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0he. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:39:55 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 79 km W of Tambolaka, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 118.5224° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.3558° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98.337 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79 km W 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 2024-05-16 22:39:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-12 05:02:44 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 246 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.407 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us6000n0he Id of event.
Event Code 6000n0he An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n0he, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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