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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Masohi in Indonesia


Earthquake location -4.1149S, 129.8534WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 133 km SE of Masohi, Indonesia (83 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 129.8534 East, latitude -4.1149 South, depth = 31.342 km. Global time and date of event 29/09/24 / 2024-09-29 06:27:55 / September 29, 2024 @ 6:27 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.342 km (19 miles). Event id: us7000nh2n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nh2n. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:27:55 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 133 km SE of Masohi, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.8534° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.1149° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.342 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 133 km SE of Masohi, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-29 06:27:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-29 06:59:47 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 340 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.408 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us7000nh2n Id of event.
Event Code 7000nh2n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nh2n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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