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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Reuleuet in Indonesia


Earthquake location 4.7418S, 96.397WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 15:49:00 / 3:49 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dbc5. Id of event: us1000dbc5. Exact location of event, longitude 96.397 East, latitude 4.7418 North, depth = 38.76 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/03/18 / 2018-03-30 08:49:00 / March 30, 2018 @ 8:49 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.76 km (24 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sigli, Meulaboh, Bireun. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop).

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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 54 km SSE of Reuleuet, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.397° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.7418° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54km SSE of Reuleuet, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-03-30 08:49:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-30 09:05:52 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 298 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 0.731 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 us1000dbc5 Id of event.
Event Code 1000dbc5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dbc5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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