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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Masohi in Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.0544S, 130.0182WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 119 km ENE of Masohi, Indonesia (74 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 15:17:55 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000msnx. Unique identifier: us7000msnx. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.548 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 16.548 km, 130.0182° East, -3.0544° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/06/24 / 2024-06-15 15:17:55 / June 15, 2024 @ 3:17 pm.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 119 km ENE of Masohi, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.0182° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.0544° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.548 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 119 km ENE of Masohi, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-15 15:17:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-15 16:39:16 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.232 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us7000msnx Id of event.
Event Code 7000msnx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000msnx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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