Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Tual in Indonesia

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 281 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia (175 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 126.248 km (78 miles). Event id: us7000ngfc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngfc. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/09/24 / 2024-09-02 02:32:13 / September 2, 2024 @ 2:32 am. The temblor was reported at 02:32:13 / 2:32 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 130.3032 East, latitude -6.3152 South, depth = 126.248 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 281 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	130.3032° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.3152° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	126.248 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	281 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-02 02:32:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-30 01:01:21	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	271	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	10	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.891	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.85 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	123	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	us7000ngfc	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ngfc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ngfc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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