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


Earthquake location -3.1885S, 139.9221WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 102 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia (63 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/07/24 / 2024-07-25 17:12:03 / July 25, 2024 @ 5:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:12:03 / 5:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 139.9221° East, -3.1885° South, depth 48.265 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.265 km (30 miles). Unique identifier: us6000nfsd. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nfsd.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 102 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 139.9221° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.1885° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.265 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 102 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-25 17:12:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-25 18:50:48 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.028 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 us6000nfsd Id of event.
Event Code 6000nfsd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nfsd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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