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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Kabanjahe in Indonesia

Posted by admin on September 16, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 2.6779S, 97.4938WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 120 km WSW of Kabanjahe, Indonesia (75 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 97.4938° East, 2.6779° North, depth 70.57 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:18:54 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 70.57 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us700058g5. Event ids that are associated: us700058g5. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/08/19 / 2019-08-18 19:18:54 / August 18, 2019 @ 7:18 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 120 km WSW of Kabanjahe, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 97.4938° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.6779° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 120km WSW of Kabanjahe, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-18 19:18:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-16 14:07:48 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 312 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 1.367 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us700058g5 Id of event.
Event Code 700058g5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700058g5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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