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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Dompu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.8826S, 118.2174WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Dompu in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 196.768 km (122 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000mtr8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mtr8. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 06:38:18 / June 21, 2024 @ 6:38 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 118.2174 East, latitude -7.8826 South, depth = 196.768 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:38:18 / 6:38 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bima (min 5000 pop).

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 two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km NNW of Dompu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 118.2174° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.8826° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 196.768 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 km NNW of Dompu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-21 06:38:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-21 06:58:07 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 326 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.035 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us7000mtr8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mtr8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mtr8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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