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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Tambolaka in Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.6369S, 119.4354WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Tambolaka in Indonesia on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77.102 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:17:19 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/01/25 / 2025-01-22 06:17:19 / January 22, 2025 @ 6:17 am. Id of earthquake: us6000pljs. Event ids that are associated: us6000pljs. Exact location, longitude 119.4354° East, latitude -9.6369° South, depth = 77.102 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waingapu. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 31 km SE of Tambolaka, 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 119.4354° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.6369° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.102 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km SE of Tambolaka, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-22 06:17:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-20 11:11:07 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.851 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us6000pljs Id of event.
Event Code 6000pljs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pljs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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