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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Pagaralam in Indonesia


Earthquake location -4.1006S, 102.7375WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Pagaralam in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 103.14 km (64 miles). Exact location of event, depth 103.14 km, 102.7375° East, -4.1006° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/04/18 / 2018-04-27 10:54:58 / April 27, 2018 @ 10:54 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dt9m. Id of event: us1000dt9m. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:54:58 / 5:54 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Lubuklinggau (c. 148 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Lahat (c. 65 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lahat, Lubuklinggau, Curup (min 5000 pop).

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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km W of Pagaralam, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 102.7375° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.1006° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 103.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59km W of Pagaralam, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-27 10:54:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-27 11:21:41 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 354 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 2.291 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 84 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 us1000dt9m Id of event.
Event Code 1000dt9m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dt9m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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