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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Sumbawa region, Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.4858S, 118.3874WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported Sumbawa region, Indonesia kilometers (0 miles) from Sumbawa region, Indonesia on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006cau. Id of event: us70006cau. Exact location of event, longitude 118.3874 East, latitude -8.4858 South, depth = 137.38 km. The temblor was detected at 23:52:27 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 137.38 km (85 miles). Global time and date of event 23/11/19 / 2019-11-23 23:52:27 / November 23, 2019 @ 11:52 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bima. Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: Sumbawa region, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 118.3874° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.4858° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 137.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Sumbawa region, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-23 23:52:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-04 06:40:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 3.705 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us70006cau Id of event.
Event Code 70006cau An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006cau, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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