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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Banda Aceh in Indonesia


Earthquake location 5.5548S, 95.2196WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Banda Aceh in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/04/16 / 2016-04-12 00:14:35 / April 12, 2016 @ 12:14 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20005k3u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005k3u. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 95.2196 East, latitude 5.5548 North, depth = 96.58 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 96.58 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:14:35 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sigli, Sabang, Banda Aceh (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.2196° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.5548° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 96.58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-04-12 00:14:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-09 22:23:29 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 259 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 1.75 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us20005k3u Id of event.
Event Code 20005k3u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005k3u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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