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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Labuan Lombok in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.0368S, 116.9372WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Labuan Lombok in Indonesia on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q7dp. Unique identifier: us6000q7dp. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.9372 East, latitude -8.0368 South, depth = 277.832 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 277.832 km (173 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:21:02 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/04/25 / 2025-04-20 11:21:02 / April 20, 2025 @ 11:21 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 59 km NNE of Labuan Lombok, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 116.9372° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.0368° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 277.832 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 km NNE of Labuan Lombok, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-20 11:21:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-20 11:53:51 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 271 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.143 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 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 us6000q7dp Id of event.
Event Code 6000q7dp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q7dp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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