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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Padangsidempuan in Indonesia

Posted by admin on September 17, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 0.5005S, 99.4075WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/09/16 / 2016-09-17 09:29:53 / September 17, 2016 @ 9:29 am. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:29:53 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006qdx. Unique identifier: us10006qdx. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.68 km (67 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 99.4075° East, 0.5005° North, depth 107.68 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Padangsidempuan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 97 km S of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 99.4075° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.5005° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 107.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 97km S of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-09-17 09:29:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-09-17 09:49:41 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 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 1.641 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 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 us10006qdx Id of event.
Event Code 10006qdx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006qdx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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