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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia

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Earthquake location -7.0741S, 130.1855WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia (0 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 139.86 km (87 miles). Event id: us6000q4s8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q4s8. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/03/25 / 2025-03-29 15:57:52 / March 29, 2025 @ 3:57 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:57:52 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 130.1855 East, latitude -7.0741 South, depth = 139.86 km.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.1855° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.0741° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 139.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-29 15:57:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-24 14:04:47 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.55 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 us6000q4s8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000q4s8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q4s8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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