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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 108 km NNW of Congkar, Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.3255S, 120.1679WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 108 km NNW of Congkar, Indonesia (67 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 627.35 km (390 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/06/16 / 2016-06-03 23:10:45 / June 3, 2016 @ 11:10 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:10:45 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.1679 East, latitude -7.3255 South, depth = 627.35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us200061yi. Event ids that are associated: us200061yi.

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 was reported 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 108 km NNW of Congkar, Indonesia. This information 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 120.1679° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.3255° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 627.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 108km NNW of Congkar, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-03 23:10:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-03 23:32:03 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 2.333 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us200061yi Id of event.
Event Code 200061yi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200061yi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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