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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 133 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.8075S, 126.33WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 133 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia (83 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:44:58 / 5:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.18 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 08/08/15 / 2015-08-08 21:44:58 / August 8, 2015 @ 9:44 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.33 East, latitude 1.8075 North, depth = 42.18 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100034rr. Id of event: us100034rr.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 133 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.33° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.8075° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 133km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-08 21:44:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-03 05:49:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 259 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 1.46 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us100034rr Id of event.
Event Code 100034rr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100034rr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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