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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Kupang in Indonesia


Earthquake location -10.0245S, 123.9045WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Kupang in Indonesia on Saturday. Event id: us1000343h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000343h. Exact location of event, longitude 123.9045 East, latitude -10.0245 South, depth = 48.56 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:28:21 / 4:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/08/15 / 2015-08-21 20:28:21 / August 21, 2015 @ 8:28 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.56 km (30 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 36 km (23 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kefamenanu, Soe, Kupang. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km ENE of Kupang, Indonesia. This information 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 123.9045° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.0245° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38km ENE of Kupang, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-21 20:28:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-22 17:06:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.446 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us1000343h Id of event.
Event Code 1000343h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000343h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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