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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 171 km ENE of Amahai, Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.989S, 130.4196WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 171 km ENE of Amahai, Indonesia (106 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.22 km (20 miles). Unique identifier: us70003kgl. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003kgl. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 130.4196 East, latitude -2.989 South, depth = 32.22 km. Global time and date of event 13/05/19 / 2019-05-13 16:53:04 / May 13, 2019 @ 4:53 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:53:04 / 1:53 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 171 km ENE of Amahai, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.4196° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.989° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.22 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 171km ENE of Amahai, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-05-13 16:53:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-13 17:18:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 1.828 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70003kgl Id of event.
Event Code 70003kgl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70003kgl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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