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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Tebingtinggi in Indonesia


Earthquake location 3.3519S, 99.1585WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Tebingtinggi in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006287. Id of event: us60006287. Exact location of event, longitude 99.1585 East, latitude 3.3519 North, depth = 184.39 km. The temblor was reported at 10:24:15 / 10:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 184.39 km (115 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/10/19 / 2019-10-17 03:24:15 / October 17, 2019 @ 3:24 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Medan (c. 1 751 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Percut (c. 311 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Binjai (c. 228 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Pematangsiantar (c. 209 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Sunggal (c. 157 900 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Perbaungan (c. 157 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Stabat, Tanjungbalai, Teluk Nibung (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km N of Tebingtinggi, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 99.1585° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.3519° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 184.39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km N of Tebingtinggi, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-10-17 03:24:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-15 05:04:59 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 259 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 15.283 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 174 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 us60006287 Id of event.
Event Code 60006287 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006287, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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