Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 231 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.5357S, 129.2567WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 231 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (144 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 113.02 km (70 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:58:31 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 129.2567° East, -7.5357° South, depth 113.02 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/09/17 / 2017-09-12 15:58:31 / September 12, 2017 @ 3:58 pm. Event id: us2000akua. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000akua.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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.

How would you describe the shaking?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 231 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.

Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.2567° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.5357° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 113.02 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 231km WNW 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 2017-09-12 15:58:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-12 16:57:29 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 312 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 2.071 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 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 us2000akua Id of event.
Event Code 2000akua An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000akua, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply