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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 58 km W of Sinabang, Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.4905S, 95.8543WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 95.8543° East, 2.4905° North, depth 28.9 km. Unique identifier: us10006t9c. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006t9c. The temblor was picked up at 16:35:27 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.9 km (18 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/09/16 / 2016-09-18 09:35:27 / September 18, 2016 @ 9:35 am. 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 Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).

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 twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km W of Sinabang, 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 95.8543° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.4905° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58km W of Sinabang, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-09-18 09:35:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-03 06:19:49 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 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 2.085 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 187 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 us10006t9c Id of event.
Event Code 10006t9c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006t9c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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