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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.1577S, 129.7195WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia (0 miles). 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 139.91 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 129.7195 East, latitude -7.1577 South, depth = 139.91 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/12/24 / 2024-12-11 19:54:47 / December 11, 2024 @ 7:54 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 19:54:47 / 7:54 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nxxr. Id of event: us7000nxxr.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.7195° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.1577° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 139.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-11 19:54:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-11 20:45:57 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.624 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 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 us7000nxxr Id of event.
Event Code 7000nxxr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nxxr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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