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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Abepura in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.5974S, 138.4WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 242 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (150 miles). Exact location of event, depth 28.87 km, 138.4° East, -2.5974° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/10/19 / 2019-10-27 06:54:46 / October 27, 2019 @ 6:54 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.87 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 15:54:46 / 3:54 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700063gg. Id of event: us700063gg.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 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: 242 km W of Abepura, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 138.4° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.5974° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.87 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 242km W of Abepura, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-10-27 06:54:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-23 08:45:41 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 259 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 2.303 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 us700063gg Id of event.
Event Code 700063gg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700063gg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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