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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Saumlaki in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.8917S, 129.9455WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 191 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (119 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 190.05 km (118 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:58:06 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/06/16 / 2016-06-05 02:58:06 / June 5, 2016 @ 2:58 am. Unique identifier: us200063k1. Ids that are associated to the event: us200063k1. Exact location of event, longitude 129.9455 East, latitude -6.8917 South, depth = 190.05 km.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and one 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.

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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 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: 191 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.9455° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.8917° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 190.05 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 191km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-05 02:58:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-29 23:17:53 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 1.725 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us200063k1 Id of event.
Event Code 200063k1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200063k1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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