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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Reuleuet in Indonesia


Earthquake location 4.8164S, 96.2178WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003l4d. Unique identifier: us10003l4d. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:56:11 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 42.72 km (27 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 96.2178 East, latitude 4.8164 North, depth = 42.72 km. Global time and date of event 08/10/15 / 2015-10-08 13:56:11 / October 8, 2015 @ 1:56 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Meulaboh, Sigli, Bireun. Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 44 km S of Reuleuet, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.2178° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.8164° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km S of Reuleuet, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-10-08 13:56:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-10-08 14:24:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.6 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 341 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 0.834 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us10003l4d Id of event.
Event Code 10003l4d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003l4d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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