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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Naisano Dua in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.9702S, 123.7763WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia. Id of earthquake: us6000nz3h. Event ids that are associated: us6000nz3h. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/09/24 / 2024-09-25 05:07:22 / September 25, 2024 @ 5:07 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 123.7763° East, latitude -8.9702° South, depth = 57.378 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:07:22 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 57.378 km (36 miles).

Close country/countries, East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km N of Naisano Dua, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.7763° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.9702° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.378 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km N of Naisano Dua, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-25 05:07:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-24 12:28:41 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.918 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us6000nz3h Id of event.
Event Code 6000nz3h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nz3h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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