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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.453S, 128.1891WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia (0 miles). 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 159.1 km (99 miles). Global time and date of event 26/04/18 / 2018-04-26 17:40:58 / April 26, 2018 @ 5:40 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 128.1891° East, -7.453° South, depth 159.1 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:40:58 / 2:40 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000dw1m. Event ids that are associated: us1000dw1m.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. 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: Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.1891° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.453° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 159.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-26 17:40:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-09 21:09:27 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 3.126 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us1000dw1m Id of event.
Event Code 1000dw1m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dw1m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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