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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Kendari in Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.2809S, 123.4615WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 130 km NE of Kendari, Indonesia (81 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.897 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:04:09 / 2:04 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/11/24 / 2024-11-12 14:04:09 / November 12, 2024 @ 2:04 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 123.4615 East, latitude -3.2809 South, depth = 18.897 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nusb. Unique identifier: us7000nusb.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 130 km NE of Kendari, 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 123.4615° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.2809° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.897 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 130 km NE of Kendari, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-12 14:04:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-10 21:53:01 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.328 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us7000nusb Id of event.
Event Code 7000nusb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nusb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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