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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Sungai Penuh in Indonesia


Earthquake location -1.8549S, 100.8012WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Sungai Penuh in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/06/20 / 2020-06-29 01:38:54 / June 29, 2020 @ 1:38 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 100.8012 East, latitude -1.8549 South, depth = 78.12 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 78.12 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:38:54 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000ahgd. Event ids that are associated: us7000ahgd.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sungai Penuh (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop).

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

Did you feel anything?

How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 69 km WNW of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 100.8012° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.8549° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 78.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km WNW of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-29 01:38:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-06 22:51:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 284 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 2.179 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us7000ahgd Id of event.
Event Code 7000ahgd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ahgd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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