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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Sigli in Indonesia


Earthquake location 4.7753S, 95.7386WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Sigli in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007de7. Unique identifier: us20007de7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/10/16 / 2016-10-12 16:50:51 / October 12, 2016 @ 4:50 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:50:51 / 11:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 95.7386 East, latitude 4.7753 North, depth = 91.86 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 91.86 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Meulaboh, Reuleuet, Sigli (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 71 km SSW of Sigli, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.7386° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.7753° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 91.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71km SSW of Sigli, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-12 16:50:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-12 21:42:54 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 326 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 1.285 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us20007de7 Id of event.
Event Code 20007de7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007de7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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