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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Onan Ganjang in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.17S, 99.0849WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Onan Ganjang in Indonesia on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 148.66 km (92 miles). Global time and date of event 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 01:45:21 / December 18, 2016 @ 1:45 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007ptn. Unique identifier: us10007ptn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 99.0849 East, latitude 2.17 North, depth = 148.66 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:45:21 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Padangsidempuan, Pematangsiantar, Rantauprapat (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Pematangsiantar (c. 209 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Rantauprapat (c. 103 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 50 km E of Onan Ganjang, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 99.0849° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.17° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 148.66 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50km E of Onan Ganjang, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-18 01:45:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-15 00:12:10 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 0.544 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us10007ptn Id of event.
Event Code 10007ptn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007ptn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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