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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 48 km SSE of Bilungala, Indonesia


Earthquake location -0.0391S, 123.3356WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia on Sunday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:56:03 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108.86 km (68 miles). Exact location, longitude 123.3356° East, latitude -0.0391° South, depth = 108.86 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us60008ade. Unique identifier: us60008ade. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/02/20 / 2020-02-29 18:56:03 / February 29, 2020 @ 6:56 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). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km SSE of Bilungala, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.3356° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.0391° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 108.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48km SSE of Bilungala, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-29 18:56:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-21 18:39:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 1.144 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 78 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 us60008ade Id of event.
Event Code 60008ade An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60008ade, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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