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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Tilamuta in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.524S, 122.2666WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Tilamuta in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 122.2666 East, latitude 0.524 North, depth = 106.28 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/16 / 2016-08-09 10:19:41 / August 9, 2016 @ 10:19 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.28 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 18:19:41 / 6:19 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10006cae. Event ids that are associated: us10006cae. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 8 km W of Tilamuta, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.2666° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.524° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km W of Tilamuta, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-08-09 10:19:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-09 12:09:41 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 340 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 1.595 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 63 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 us10006cae Id of event.
Event Code 10006cae An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006cae, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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