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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 57 km NE of Pototano, Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.0137S, 117.8114WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Pototano in Indonesia on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:48:33 / 2:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 02:48:33 / December 15, 2024 @ 2:48 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000nyyx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nyyx. Exact location, longitude 117.8114° East, latitude -8.0137° South, depth = 10 km.

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar.

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 57 km NE of Pototano, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 117.8114° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.0137° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 km NE of Pototano, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-15 02:48:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-15 03:14:34 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 354 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.809 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us7000nyyx Id of event.
Event Code 7000nyyx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nyyx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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