Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Binjai in Indonesia

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Binjai in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127.25 km (79 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us200067wh. Event ids that are associated: us200067wh. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/16 / 2016-06-24 06:12:22 / June 24, 2016 @ 6:12 am. The temblor was detected at 13:12:22 / 1:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 97.8935° East, 3.5595° North, depth 127.25 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 Belawan, Labuhan Deli, Deli Tua (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Medan (c. 1 751 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Binjai (c. 228 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sunggal (c. 157 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Belawan (c. 102 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kabanjahe (c. 57 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Labuhan Deli (c. 49 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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 three 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 65 km W of Binjai, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	97.8935° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	3.5595° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	127.25 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	65km W of Binjai, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-06-24 06:12:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-07-15 12:20:44	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	271	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	1.34	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.77 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	83	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	us200067wh	Id of event.
Event Code	200067wh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us200067wh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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