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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Palu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -1.513S, 119.7837WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.38 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/11/15 / 2015-11-01 12:36:35 / November 1, 2015 @ 12:36 pm. Event id: us200041xv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200041xv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:36:35 / 8:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.7837 East, latitude -1.513 South, depth = 24.38 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu.

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. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km S of Palu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.7837° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.513° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km S of Palu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-01 12:36:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-15 07:37:36 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 271 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 2.791 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us200041xv Id of event.
Event Code 200041xv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200041xv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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