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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 92 km NNW of Batang, Indonesia


Earthquake location -5.7604S, 110.2992WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Batang in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 110.2992° East, latitude -5.7604° South, depth = 551.134 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/24 / 2024-07-17 19:49:57 / July 17, 2024 @ 7:49 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:49:57 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 551.134 km (342 miles). Unique identifier: us7000mzw5. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mzw5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Batang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Batang (c. 115 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 92 km NNW of Batang, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 110.2992° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.7604° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 551.134 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92 km NNW of Batang, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-17 19:49:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-17 20:25:02 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 70 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.288 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us7000mzw5 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzw5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzw5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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