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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 50 km NE of Sabang, Indonesia


Earthquake location 6.2538S, 95.5985WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Sabang in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 216.975 km (135 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:33:13 / 7:33 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 95.5985 East, latitude 6.2538 North, depth = 216.975 km. Id of earthquake: us6000mtmg. Event ids that are associated: us6000mtmg. Global time and date of event 25/04/24 / 2024-04-25 07:33:13 / April 25, 2024 @ 7:33 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Banda Aceh, Sabang (min 5000 pop).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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.

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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. 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: 50 km NE of Sabang, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.5985° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.2538° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 216.975 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km NE of Sabang, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-25 07:33:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-10 06:02:49 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 326 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.684 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 209 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 us6000mtmg Id of event.
Event Code 6000mtmg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mtmg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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