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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Bunobogu in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.5089S, 122.1253WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 77 km NE of Bunobogu, Indonesia (48 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 460.93 km (286 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009w97. Id of event: us20009w97. Exact location of earthquake, 122.1253° East, 1.5089° North, depth 460.93 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:53:32 / 5:53 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/17 / 2017-07-08 21:53:32 / July 8, 2017 @ 9:53 pm.

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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 77 km NE of Bunobogu, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.1253° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.5089° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 460.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77km NE of Bunobogu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-07-08 21:53:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-07-16 20:49:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 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 1.4 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us20009w97 Id of event.
Event Code 20009w97 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20009w97, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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