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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 9 km W of Lokokrangan, Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.2496S, 116.1691WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Lokokrangan in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g6ch. Unique identifier: us1000g6ch. The temblor was detected at 04:28:27 / 4:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.1691 East, latitude -8.2496 South, depth = 39.11 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.11 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/08/18 / 2018-08-06 20:28:27 / August 6, 2018 @ 8:28 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Klungkung, Karangasem, Praya (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (23 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. 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: 9 km W of Lokokrangan, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 116.1691° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.2496° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km W of Lokokrangan, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-06 20:28:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-21 14:13:21 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 2.007 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us1000g6ch Id of event.
Event Code 1000g6ch An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g6ch, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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