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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Amahusu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.0751S, 128.2885WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 260 km S of Amahusu, Indonesia (162 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/07/17 / 2017-07-19 17:20:48 / July 19, 2017 @ 5:20 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000a0s7. Event ids that are associated: us2000a0s7. The epicenter was at a depth of 354.84 km (220 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:20:48 / 2:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.2885 East, latitude -6.0751 South, depth = 354.84 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 260 km S of Amahusu, 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 128.2885° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.0751° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 354.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 260km S of Amahusu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-07-19 17:20:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-17 20:56:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 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 3.538 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us2000a0s7 Id of event.
Event Code 2000a0s7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000a0s7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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