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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 31 km SSW of Maumere, Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.8596S, 122.0517WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Maumere in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 105.558 km (66 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.0517 East, latitude -8.8596 South, depth = 105.558 km. The temblor was detected at 20:50:44 / 8:50 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000p6f9. Event ids that are associated: us6000p6f9. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/11/24 / 2024-11-19 20:50:44 / November 19, 2024 @ 8:50 pm.

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Ende (c. 77 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Maumere (c. 47 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ende, Maumere (min 5000 pop).

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 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 earthquakes in the world each year.

Questions or comments?

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: 31 km SSW of Maumere, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.0517° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.8596° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 105.558 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km SSW of Maumere, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-19 20:50:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-19 21:13:00 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 326 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.288 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 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 us6000p6f9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000p6f9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p6f9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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