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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Modisi in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.9841S, 124.0451WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Modisi in Indonesia on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 257.678 km (160 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.0451 East, latitude 0.9841 North, depth = 257.678 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:55:00 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/07/24 / 2024-07-20 09:55:00 / July 20, 2024 @ 9:55 am. Id of earthquake: us7000n0g7. Event ids that are associated: us7000n0g7.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomohon. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop).

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km NW 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 124.0451° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.9841° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 257.678 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73 km NW 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 2024-07-20 09:55:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-20 10:13:37 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.265 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 us7000n0g7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n0g7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n0g7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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