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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 104 km SE of Taliwang, Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.4679S, 117.4608WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 104 km SE of Taliwang, Indonesia (65 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.981 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 19:42:20 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/24 / 2024-10-31 19:42:20 / October 31, 2024 @ 7:42 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 117.4608 East, latitude -9.4679 South, depth = 59.981 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000np8v. Unique identifier: us7000np8v.

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 104 km SE of Taliwang, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 117.4608° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.4679° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.981 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 104 km SE of Taliwang, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-31 19:42:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-01 13:17:23 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.416 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 53 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 us7000np8v Id of event.
Event Code 7000np8v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000np8v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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