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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 77 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.8676S, 95.7975WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 95.7975° East, 2.8676° North, depth 26.44 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cg3e. Id of event: us7000cg3e. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:13:04 / 12:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 26.44 km (16 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/11/20 / 2020-11-17 12:13:04 / November 17, 2020 @ 12:13 pm.

Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 77 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.7975° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.8676° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-17 12:13:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-17 13:29:45 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 2.61 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 152 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 us7000cg3e Id of event.
Event Code 7000cg3e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cg3e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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