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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Padangsidempuan in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.653S, 99.489WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 192.33 km (120 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/03/20 / 2020-03-09 08:07:24 / March 9, 2020 @ 8:07 am. Exact location of event, longitude 99.489 East, latitude 1.653 North, depth = 192.33 km. Unique identifier: us60008cd0. Ids that are associated to the event: us60008cd0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 15:07:24 / 3:07 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sibolga, Rantauprapat, Bandar. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Rantauprapat (c. 103 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 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 one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 40 km NE of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 99.489° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.653° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 192.33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40km NE of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-09 08:07:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-09 08:48:44 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 1.944 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 126 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 us60008cd0 Id of event.
Event Code 60008cd0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60008cd0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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