Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Sabang in Indonesia

A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 120 km WNW of Sabang, Indonesia (75 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:44:16 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20009pmk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009pmk. Exact location of event, longitude 94.2948 East, latitude 6.2685 North, depth = 82.02 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/06/17 / 2017-06-25 15:44:16 / June 25, 2017 @ 3:44 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 82.02 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 120 km WNW of Sabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	94.2948° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.2685° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	82.02 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	120km WNW of Sabang, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-06-25 15:44:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-06-25 16:22:30	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	360	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	312	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	2.834	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	59	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	us20009pmk	Id of event.
Event Code	20009pmk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20009pmk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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