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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 86 km WSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.3109S, 100.6394WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (mg/mb) has striked on Thursday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Sungaipenuh in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 08:01:47 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 64.92 km (40 miles). Global time of event 2015-02-12 01:01:47 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 100.6394 East, latitude -2.3109 South, depth 64.92 km.

Close countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sungai Penuh.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 100.6394° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.3109° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86km WSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-12 01:01:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-12 01:18:12 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 298 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 2.649 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 188 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 usb000tnfb Id of event.
Event Code b000tnfb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS usb000tnfb A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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