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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 66 km SW of Tanjung Selor, Indonesia

Posted by admin on August 21, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 2.3601S, 116.9984WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 66 km SW of Tanjung Selor, Indonesia (41 miles) on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n8d3. Unique identifier: us7000n8d3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 116.9984° East, 2.3601° North, depth 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:01:17 / 12:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/08/24 / 2024-08-21 00:01:17 / August 21, 2024 @ 12:01 am.

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

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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 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: 66 km SW of Tanjung Selor, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 116.9984° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.3601° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km SW of Tanjung Selor, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-21 00:01:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-21 00:29:22 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 284 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.445 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us7000n8d3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8d3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8d3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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