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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Gambiran Satu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.3526S, 114.0121WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 107 km S of Gambiran Satu, Indonesia (66 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/08/24 / 2024-08-14 14:14:06 / August 14, 2024 @ 2:14 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nk3i. Unique identifier: us6000nk3i. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.946 km (35 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:14:06 / 2:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 114.0121 East, latitude -9.3526 South, depth = 56.946 km.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one and in the last 365 days two 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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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. 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: 107 km S of Gambiran Satu, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 114.0121° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.3526° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.946 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 107 km S of Gambiran Satu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-14 14:14:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-14 15:30:44 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 354 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 67 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.888 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us6000nk3i Id of event.
Event Code 6000nk3i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nk3i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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