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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 26 km NNW of Nggilat, Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.0763S, 120.1799WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Nggilat in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 120.1799° East, latitude -8.0763° South, depth = 197 km. Event id: us2000g9mj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g9mj. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 02:39:03 / July 15, 2018 @ 2:39 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 197 km (122 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 10:39:03 / 10:39 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ruteng, Labuhanbajo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop).

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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 26 km NNW of Nggilat, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.1799° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.0763° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 197 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km NNW of Nggilat, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-15 02:39:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-27 05:31:03 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 271 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 2.11 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us2000g9mj Id of event.
Event Code 2000g9mj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000g9mj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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