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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 137 km SSW of Biha, Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.3623S, 103.3438WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 137 km SSW of Biha, Indonesia (85 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:18:22 / 10:18 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.7 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hi8h. Id of event: us1000hi8h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/10/18 / 2018-10-28 15:18:22 / October 28, 2018 @ 3:18 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 103.3438 East, latitude -6.3623 South, depth = 24.7 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 137 km SSW of Biha, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 103.3438° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.3623° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 137km SSW of Biha, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-28 15:18:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-28 16:11:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 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 312 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 2.025 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 172 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 us1000hi8h Id of event.
Event Code 1000hi8h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hi8h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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