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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Bitung in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.7075S, 126.0274WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 128 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia (80 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/06/24 / 2024-06-03 23:18:58 / June 3, 2024 @ 11:18 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.0274 East, latitude 0.7075 North, depth = 36.643 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:18:58 / 11:18 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000mriy. Event ids that are associated: us7000mriy. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.643 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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 six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 128 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.0274° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.7075° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.643 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 128 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-03 23:18:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-14 04:23:17 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 298 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 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.26 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us7000mriy Id of event.
Event Code 7000mriy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mriy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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