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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Bandar Lampung in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.2815S, 103.7781WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 189 km WSW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia (117 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/02/21 / 2021-02-09 11:00:59 / February 9, 2021 @ 11:00 am. The temblor was picked up at 11:00:59 / 11:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 103.7781° East, latitude -6.2815° South, depth = 38.04 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000di23. Id of event: us6000di23. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38.04 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 189 km WSW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 103.7781° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.2815° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 189 km WSW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-09 11:00:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-06 08:12:37 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 298 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 2.076 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 200 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 us6000di23 Id of event.
Event Code 6000di23 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000di23, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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