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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Mekarsari in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.0448S, 106.9644WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 67 km SSW of Mekarsari, Indonesia (42 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 106.9644° East, -8.0448° South. The temblor was picked up at 03:31:20 / 3:31 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us600052x7. Unique identifier: us600052x7. 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: 03/08/19 / 2019-08-03 20:31:20 / August 3, 2019 @ 8:31 pm.

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 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: 67 km SSW of Mekarsari, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 106.9644° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.0448° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km SSW of Mekarsari, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-03 20:31:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-22 22:09:27 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 284 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 3.527 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us600052x7 Id of event.
Event Code 600052x7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600052x7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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