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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 11 km NNE of Anyar, Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.1382S, 116.4748WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Anyar in Indonesia on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 06:28:35 / 6:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/08/18 / 2018-08-20 22:28:35 / August 20, 2018 @ 10:28 pm. Event id: us1000gjh1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gjh1. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 116.4748° East, -8.1382° South.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Praya, Mataram (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days fifty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km NNE of Anyar, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 116.4748° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.1382° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km NNE of Anyar, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-20 22:28:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-06 02:24:22 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 2.322 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 us1000gjh1 Id of event.
Event Code 1000gjh1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000gjh1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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