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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.3653S, 128.6189WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:47:24 / 12:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 160.74 km, 128.6189° East, -7.3653° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 160.74 km (100 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/06/18 / 2018-06-30 03:47:24 / June 30, 2018 @ 3:47 am. Event id: us2000fy55. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fy55.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.6189° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.3653° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 160.74 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 2018-06-30 03:47:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-20 01:25:02 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 259 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 2.726 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 159 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 us2000fy55 Id of event.
Event Code 2000fy55 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000fy55, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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