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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Meulaboh in Indonesia


Earthquake location 3.7037S, 96.3074WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/01/18 / 2018-01-27 22:53:18 / January 27, 2018 @ 10:53 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 96.3074° East, 3.7037° North, depth 66.85 km. Id of earthquake: us2000cyu3. Event ids that are associated: us2000cyu3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.85 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:53:18 / 5:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Meulaboh (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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

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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: 51 km SSE of Meulaboh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.3074° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.7037° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km SSE of Meulaboh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-27 22:53:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-15 03:10:25 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 271 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 1.643 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 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 us2000cyu3 Id of event.
Event Code 2000cyu3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000cyu3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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