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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Labuan in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.2867S, 105.8469WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Labuan in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 105.8469 East, latitude -6.2867 South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:45:00 / 7:45 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/02/21 / 2021-02-25 19:45:00 / February 25, 2021 @ 7:45 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000ddp4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ddp4.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Parung, Ciampea, Pamulang (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Tangerang (c. 1 372 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from South Tangerang (c. 1 303 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Ciputat (c. 207 900 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Ciampea (c. 207 200 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Parung (c. 193 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Curug (c. 191 400 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Pamulang (c. 174 600 pop).

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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 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: 10 km N of Labuan, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 105.8469° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.2867° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km N of Labuan, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-25 19:45:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-25 20:17:31 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 369 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 10.652 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us7000ddp4 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ddp4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ddp4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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