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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Bitung in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.4388S, 125.7184WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nqpp. Unique identifier: us7000nqpp. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:47:04 / 2:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/10/24 / 2024-10-21 14:47:04 / October 21, 2024 @ 2:47 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.024 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 125.7184 East, latitude 1.4388 North, depth = 15.024 km.

Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tondano, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Bitung (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-one 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 65 km E of Bitung, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.7184° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.4388° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.024 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65 km E of Bitung, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-21 14:47:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-10 16:28:32 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 1.776 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us7000nqpp Id of event.
Event Code 7000nqpp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nqpp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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