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Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Maumere in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.3688S, 121.9449WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Maumere in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 204.623 km (127 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:54:27 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 121.9449 East, latitude -8.3688 South, depth = 204.623 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n9ic. Id of event: us6000n9ic. Global time and date of event 30/06/24 / 2024-06-30 23:54:27 / June 30, 2024 @ 11:54 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Ende (c. 77 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Maumere (c. 47 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ende, Maumere (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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. 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: 40 km NW of Maumere, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.9449° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.3688° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 204.623 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40 km NW of Maumere, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-30 23:54:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-01 00:09:26 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 354 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.675 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 us6000n9ic Id of event.
Event Code 6000n9ic An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n9ic, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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