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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 137 km WSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia


Earthquake location 5.1064S, 94.1672WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 137 km WSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia (85 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000ckar. Event ids that are associated: us2000ckar. Global time and date of event 17/01/18 / 2018-01-17 13:25:26 / January 17, 2018 @ 1:25 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 19:25:26 / 7:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 94.1672 East, latitude 5.1064 North, depth = 42.54 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.54 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 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.

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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: 137 km WSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.1672° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.1064° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 137km WSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-17 13:25:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-17 23:43:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 2.771 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 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 us2000ckar Id of event.
Event Code 2000ckar An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ckar, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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