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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Sorong in Indonesia


Earthquake location -0.5146S, 131.3757WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Sorong in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.52 km (24 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:34:00 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/11/15 / 2015-11-14 17:34:00 / November 14, 2015 @ 5:34 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us10003ydr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003ydr. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.3757 East, latitude -0.5146 South, depth = 38.52 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (26 miles) from Sorong (c. 125 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sorong (min 5000 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 nine 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 43 km NNE of Sorong, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.3757° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.5146° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43km NNE of Sorong, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-14 17:34:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-14 21:51:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 2.542 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 us10003ydr Id of event.
Event Code 10003ydr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003ydr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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