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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 58 km ESE of Maumere, Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.7632S, 122.7274WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Maumere in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 122.7274° East, latitude -8.7632° South, depth = 170.023 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pemg. Unique identifier: us7000pemg. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 170.023 km (106 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/02/25 / 2025-02-18 23:34:34 / February 18, 2025 @ 11:34 pm. The temblor was reported at 23:34:34 / 11:34 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maumere. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Maumere (c. 47 600 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 thirteen 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km ESE of Maumere, 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 122.7274° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.7632° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 170.023 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 km ESE 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 2025-02-18 23:34:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-19 00:10:12 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.501 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 116 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 us7000pemg Id of event.
Event Code 7000pemg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pemg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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