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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Tambulatana in Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.2674S, 120.1397WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Tambulatana in Indonesia on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 120.1397 East, latitude -9.2674 South, depth = 85.09 km. Event id: us20003pns. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003pns. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/09/15 / 2015-09-28 14:55:34 / September 28, 2015 @ 2:55 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 85.09 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:55:34 / 10:55 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Labuhanbajo, Ruteng, Waingapu. The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 27 km NNW of Tambulatana, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.1397° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.2674° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 85.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27km NNW of Tambulatana, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-28 14:55:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-28 17:36:58 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 340 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 2.165 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 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 us20003pns Id of event.
Event Code 20003pns An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003pns, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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