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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Sungai Penuh in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.062S, 100.5759WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Sungai Penuh in Indonesia on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 70.714 km (44 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 100.5759° East, latitude -2.062° South, depth = 70.714 km. The temblor was detected at 06:06:06 / 6:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 06:06:06 / April 22, 2024 @ 6:06 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000mds7. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mds7.

Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sungai Penuh (min 5000 pop).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km W of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 100.5759° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.062° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70.714 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 90 km W 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 2024-04-22 06:06:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-22 08:02:16 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 340 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.295 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 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 us7000mds7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mds7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mds7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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