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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Sungaipenuh in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.3457S, 100.6957WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Sungaipenuh in Indonesia on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/15 / 2015-06-28 03:39:22 / June 28, 2015 @ 3:39 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.14 km (39 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:39:22 / 10:39 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002x6z. Unique identifier: us20002x6z. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 100.6957 East, latitude -2.3457 South, depth = 63.14 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sungai Penuh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km WSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 100.6957° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.3457° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81km 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 2015-06-28 03:39:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-22 21:46:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 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 284 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 2.676 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 183 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 us20002x6z Id of event.
Event Code 20002x6z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002x6z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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