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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Bitung in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.7206S, 126.0453WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 129 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia (80 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 126.0453° East, 0.7206° North, depth 50.65 km. Unique identifier: us7000ns8i. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ns8i. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:26:44 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/11/24 / 2024-11-17 04:26:44 / November 17, 2024 @ 4:26 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 50.65 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 129 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.0453° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.7206° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 50.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 129 km SE 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 2024-11-17 04:26:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-17 04:45:59 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 369 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 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.322 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us7000ns8i Id of event.
Event Code 7000ns8i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ns8i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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