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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Ubud in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.4312S, 115.313WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Ubud in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.79 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000nq8g. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nq8g. Exact location of event, depth 35.79 km, 115.313° East, -8.4312° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:51:44 / 1:51 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/09/24 / 2024-09-07 01:51:44 / September 7, 2024 @ 1:51 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 27 km (16 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Singaraja (c. 133 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Banjar (c. 89 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Tabanan (c. 33 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Negara (c. 33 200 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, Negara, Seririt (min 5000 pop).

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. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 10 km NNE of Ubud, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 115.313° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.4312° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km NNE of Ubud, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-07 01:51:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-07 02:13:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 9 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 358 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.149 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 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 us6000nq8g Id of event.
Event Code 6000nq8g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nq8g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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