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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Tual in Indonesia


Earthquake location -4.6872S, 130.7159WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 248 km WNW of Tual, Indonesia (154 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:08:49 / 3:08 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000bp8p. Event ids that are associated: us7000bp8p. Exact location, longitude 130.7159° East, latitude -4.6872° South, depth = 76.07 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/09/20 / 2020-09-17 03:08:49 / September 17, 2020 @ 3:08 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 76.07 km (47 miles).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 248 km WNW of Tual, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.7159° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.6872° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 76.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 248 km WNW of Tual, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-17 03:08:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-17 22:14:53 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 326 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 2.329 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us7000bp8p Id of event.
Event Code 7000bp8p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bp8p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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