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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Labuan Bajo in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.2773S, 120.1749WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 138 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia (86 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:09:00 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000p6i1. Id of event: us6000p6i1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 453.067 km (282 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.1749 East, latitude -7.2773 South, depth = 453.067 km. Global time and date of event 20/11/24 / 2024-11-20 08:09:00 / November 20, 2024 @ 8:09 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 138 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.1749° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.2773° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 453.067 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 138 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-20 08:09:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-20 08:48:33 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 298 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.287 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 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 us6000p6i1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000p6i1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p6i1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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