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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Pototano in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.0469S, 117.2288WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Pototano in Indonesia on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.073 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nd4r. Unique identifier: us7000nd4r. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 117.2288 East, latitude -8.0469 South, depth = 11.073 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:01:52 / 6:01 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/09/24 / 2024-09-11 18:01:52 / September 11, 2024 @ 6:01 pm.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 49 km NW of Pototano, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 117.2288° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.0469° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.073 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km NW of Pototano, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-11 18:01:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-11 19:50:07 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 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.074 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us7000nd4r Id of event.
Event Code 7000nd4r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nd4r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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