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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Sibolga in Indonesia

Posted by admin on May 12, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 1.9565S, 99.0241WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Sibolga in Indonesia on Friday. The temblor was reported at 18:06:02 / 6:06 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 129.32 km (80 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008ru4. Id of event: us10008ru4. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/17 / 2017-05-12 11:06:02 / May 12, 2017 @ 11:06 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 99.0241° East, latitude 1.9565° North, depth = 129.32 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Rantauprapat (c. 103 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rantauprapat, Bandar, Padangsidempuan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 36 km NE of Sibolga, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 99.0241° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.9565° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 129.32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km NE of Sibolga, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-12 11:06:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-12 12:12:56 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 0.739 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us10008ru4 Id of event.
Event Code 10008ru4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008ru4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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