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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Sinabang in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.7785S, 95.8472WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 27.474 km (17 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/06/24 / 2024-06-09 02:00:27 / June 9, 2024 @ 2:00 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 02:00:27 / 2:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 27.474 km, 95.8472° East, 2.7785° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000msf3. Unique identifier: us7000msf3.

Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.8472° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.7785° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.474 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67 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 2024-06-09 02:00:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-21 04:38:20 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 271 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.265 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 179 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 us7000msf3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000msf3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000msf3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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