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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Saumlaki in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.376S, 130.1579WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 216 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (134 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003wpi. Unique identifier: us70003wpi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 132.01 km, 130.1579° East, -6.376° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/05/19 / 2019-05-30 17:04:44 / May 30, 2019 @ 5:04 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 02:04:44 / 2:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 132.01 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-six 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.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 216 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.1579° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.376° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 132.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 216km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-05-30 17:04:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-18 19:39:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 1.956 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 152 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 us70003wpi Id of event.
Event Code 70003wpi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70003wpi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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