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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Naisano Dua in Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.028S, 123.8528WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.8528 East, latitude -9.028 South, depth = 112.64 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112.64 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/15 / 2015-08-17 00:42:10 / August 17, 2015 @ 12:42 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us20003fnu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003fnu. The temblor was picked up at 08:42:10 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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: 63 km N of Naisano Dua, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.8528° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.028° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 112.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km N of Naisano Dua, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-17 00:42:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-12 04:50:12 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 0.83 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 us20003fnu Id of event.
Event Code 20003fnu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003fnu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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