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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Tugu Hilir in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.4208S, 105.3175WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 75 km SSW of Tugu Hilir, Indonesia (47 miles) on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us10003zxj. Event ids that are associated: us10003zxj. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 105.3175 East, latitude -7.4208 South, depth = 30.53 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/11/15 / 2015-11-20 20:03:05 / November 20, 2015 @ 8:03 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.53 km (19 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:03:05 / 3:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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 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: 75 km SSW of Tugu Hilir, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 105.3175° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.4208° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75km SSW of Tugu Hilir, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-20 20:03:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-24 18:45:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 354 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 2.355 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us10003zxj Id of event.
Event Code 10003zxj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003zxj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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