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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Reuleuet in Indonesia


Earthquake location 4.838S, 95.9839WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us10003vrm. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003vrm. The temblor was reported at 23:10:31 / 11:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/11/15 / 2015-11-08 16:10:31 / November 8, 2015 @ 4:10 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 95.9839 East, latitude 4.838 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (33 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bireun, Meulaboh, Sigli (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km SW of Reuleuet, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.9839° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.838° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km SW 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 2015-11-08 16:10:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-08 19:58:53 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 340 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 1.035 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us10003vrm Id of event.
Event Code 10003vrm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003vrm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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