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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Modisi in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.8002S, 124.6736WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Modisi in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 124.6736° East, 0.8002° North, depth 8.496 km. Global time and date of event 08/07/24 / 2024-07-08 22:26:43 / July 8, 2024 @ 10:26 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000mzla. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mzla. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:26:43 / 10:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.496 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bitung, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Manado. Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km NE of Modisi, Indonesia. This data 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 124.6736° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.8002° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.496 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46 km NE of Modisi, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-08 22:26:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-17 01:43:32 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.693 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 94 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 us7000mzla Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzla An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzla, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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