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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Saumlaki in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.3999S, 128.8136WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 282 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (175 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:55:01 / 10:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 128.8136 East, latitude -7.3999 South, depth = 134.24 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/07/18 / 2018-07-14 01:55:01 / July 14, 2018 @ 1:55 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 134.24 km (83 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000g4s9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g4s9.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 282 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.8136° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.3999° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 134.24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 282km 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 2018-07-14 01:55:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-14 02:12:07 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 369 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 2.53 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 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 us2000g4s9 Id of event.
Event Code 2000g4s9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000g4s9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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