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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Fakfak in Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.4268S, 131.0301WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 151 km WSW of Fakfak, Indonesia (94 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/06/24 / 2024-06-19 07:38:41 / June 19, 2024 @ 7:38 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.0301 East, latitude -3.4268 South, depth = 34.163 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:38:41 / 7:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.163 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000mtd9. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mtd9.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourteen 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 151 km WSW of Fakfak, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.0301° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.4268° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.163 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 151 km WSW of Fakfak, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-19 07:38:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-16 10:00:59 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.317 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 us7000mtd9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mtd9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mtd9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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