Early-est:     Flores Region, Indonesia    2026.08.15-15:52:35.41    q:C      mb:4.5*    Mwp:-    Mwpd:-    Td*T50Ex:-     fmamp_polarity:./hypo.1786809155299.mech.fmamp_polarity.thumb.jpg     fmamp_polarity_waveform:./hypo.1786809155299.mech.fmamp_polarity_waveform.thumb.jpg     hash:./hypo.1786809155299.mech.hash.thumb.jpg

Automatic solution - this event has not been reviewed by a seismologist
Automatically determined event information may be incorrect!

Earthquake Details:
Magnitude: mb: 4.5* [8]    Mwp: - [0]    Mwpd: - [0]
Region: Flores Region, Indonesia
Origin Time: 2026.08.15-15:52:35.41 UTC
Hypocenter: lat: -8.25°  lon: 121.35°  [+/-14km]    depth: 15km  [+/-15km]
Location Quality: qualityCode:  C     stdErr: 1.3s   assocPhases: 13   usedPhases: 11
minDist: 1.0°   maxDist: 126.0°   AzGap: 139°   2ndAzGap: 141°   atten: -0.20 [+/-0.49]
Location Uncertainty: 68%ConfEllipse:   minHorUnc: 13km   maxHorUnc: 14km   azMaxHorUnc: 40°
68%ConfEllipsoid:   semiMajorAxisLength: 17km   majorAxisAzimuth: 220°   majorAxisPlunge: 7°   semiIntermediateAxisLength: 16km   intermediateAxisAzimuth: 130°   intermediateAxisPlunge: 0°   semiMinorAxisLength: 15km
Tsunamigeneic Assesment:
Discriminants: Prob Underwater: >99%
T50Ex: 0.6 [8]    Td: -s [0]    Td*T50Ex: - [0]    To: 22.5s [7]
Closest plate boundaries:
   Banda Sea - Timor [oceanic convergent boundary]: distance: ~30km
   Sunda - Timor [continental transform fault]: distance: ~90km
   Banda Sea - Sunda [continental transform fault]: distance: ~100km
Subduction geometry:    Zone: Sumatra-Java: DEBUG: error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gmt'    Slab depth at epicenter: error: evaluating slab depth: -999.9
Decision table (TEST!):
Event type: Subduction Zone Other Thrust/Normal Strike-slip
Compatible close plate boundary?:
 no
 YES (30km)
 no
Prob underwater:
 >99%
 >99%
 >99%
Td*T50Ex:
   -
   -
   -
Td*To:
     -
     -
     -
Mwp magnitude:
       -
       -
       -
Hypocenter depth:
       15km
       15km
       15km
Slab depth at epicenter:
       n/a
       -
       -
Tsunami and Rupture predictions (TEST!): No prediction: Event too small (Mwp<7.0) or too few Mwp readings (N<20)
./hypo.1786809155299.map.jpg

First-motion Focal Mechanism (FMAMP_POLARITY):    (Warning: VERY UNRELIABLE SOLUTION, qualityCode=D)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 226°   dip: 62°   rake: 11°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 130°   dip: 80°   rake: 151°
Quality: azimuthalGap: -1°   stationPolarityCount: 11   misfitWeightCount: 5.7   misfit: 0.02   stationDistributionRatio: 0.42   meanDistP: 50.1   meanDistT: 51.0   qualityCode: D
Method: methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_polarity
./hypo.1786809155299.mech.fmamp_polarity.mechanism.jpg
First-motion Focal Mechanism (FMAMP_POLARITY_WAVEFORM):    (No solution available)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 0°   dip: 0°   rake: 0°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 270°   dip: 90°   rake: 90°
Quality: azimuthalGap: -1°   stationPolarityCount: 0   misfitWeightCount: -1.0   misfit: -1.00   stationDistributionRatio: -1.00   meanDistP: -1.0   meanDistT: -1.0   qualityCode: X
Method: methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_polarity_waveform
./hypo.1786809155299.mech.fmamp_polarity_waveform.mechanism.jpg
First-motion Focal Mechanism (HASH):    (Warning: VERY UNRELIABLE SOLUTION, qualityCode=D)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 324°   dip: 37°   rake: 160°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 70°   dip: 78°   rake: 54°
Quality: azimuthalGap: 139°   stationPolarityCount: 11   misfit: 0.27   stationDistributionRatio: 0.73   rmsAngDiffAccPref: 40.60   fracAcc30degPref: 0.49   qualityCode: D
Method: methodID: smi:gov.usgs/focalmec/HASH_1.2
./hypo.1786809155299.mech.hash.mechanism.jpg

Event ID: smi:alomax.net_BETA/author/ee/event/1786809155299
Event info last updated: 2026.08.15-16:51:01 UTC
Event first association/location: 2026.08.15-16:00:01 UTC
Software: Early-est 1.2.10 (2024.02.23)
Agency: alomax.net_BETA