Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Pematangsiantar in Indonesia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Pematangsiantar in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 180.12 km, 99.1763° East, 2.8364° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 180.12 km (112 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us100073sg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100073sg. The temblor was picked up at 06:04:13 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/10/16 / 2016-10-29 23:04:13 / October 29, 2016 @ 11:04 pm.

Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Deli Tua, Perbaungan, Kabanjahe (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Pematangsiantar (c. 209 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Perbaungan (c. 157 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Tanjungbalai (c. 142 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Kisaran (c. 129 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tebingtinggi (c. 117 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kabanjahe (c. 57 200 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km SE of Pematangsiantar, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	99.1763° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	2.8364° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	180.12 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18km SE of Pematangsiantar, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-10-29 23:04:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-11-25 04:35:08	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	284	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	0.288	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.62 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	46	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	us100073sg	Id of event.
Event Code	100073sg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us100073sg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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