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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Parapat in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.3765S, 99.0234WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Parapat in Indonesia on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 160.55 km, 99.0234° East, 2.3765° North. Event id: us2000g04f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g04f. Global time and date of event 09/07/18 / 2018-07-09 05:40:26 / July 9, 2018 @ 5:40 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 12:40:26 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 160.55 km (100 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kabanjahe, Rantauprapat, Kisaran (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Pematangsiantar (c. 209 600 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Kisaran (c. 129 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Rantauprapat (c. 103 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Kabanjahe (c. 57 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Pekan Bahapal (c. 40 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 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 two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 33 km SSE of Parapat, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 99.0234° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.3765° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 160.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km SSE of Parapat, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-09 05:40:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-09 08:19:20 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 1.797 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us2000g04f Id of event.
Event Code 2000g04f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000g04f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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