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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Amahusu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.0737S, 128.7156WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 267 km SSE of Amahusu, Indonesia (166 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 311.26 km (193 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 128.7156 East, latitude -6.0737 South, depth = 311.26 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/03/18 / 2018-03-22 17:44:23 / March 22, 2018 @ 5:44 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000da62. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000da62. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:44:23 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 267 km SSE of Amahusu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.7156° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.0737° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 311.26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 267km SSE 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 2018-03-22 17:44:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-17 21:11:51 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 298 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 3.189 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 178 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 us1000da62 Id of event.
Event Code 1000da62 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000da62, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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