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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Sesaot Lauq in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.5723S, 116.2467WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Sesaot Lauq in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 06:00:14 / July 1, 2018 @ 6:00 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:00:14 / 2:00 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000fyae. Event ids that are associated: us2000fyae. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 121.93 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 116.2467° East, latitude -8.5723° South, depth = 121.93 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 14 km (9 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Karangasem, Praya, Mataram (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km S of Sesaot Lauq, 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 116.2467° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.5723° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 121.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km S of Sesaot Lauq, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-01 06:00:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-27 13:05:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 2.074 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us2000fyae Id of event.
Event Code 2000fyae An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000fyae, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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