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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Perbaungan in Indonesia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Perbaungan in Indonesia on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 187.676 km, 99.0232° East, 3.4844° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mtu0. Unique identifier: us7000mtu0. The epicenter was at a depth of 187.676 km (117 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 19:31:35 / June 21, 2024 @ 7:31 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:31:35 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Medan (c. 1 751 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Percut (c. 311 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Binjai (c. 228 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Pematangsiantar (c. 209 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Sunggal (c. 157 900 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Perbaungan (c. 157 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kisaran, Kabanjahe, Stabat.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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: 11 km SE of Perbaungan, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	99.0232° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	3.4844° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	187.676 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km SE of Perbaungan, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-21 19:31:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-21 19:48:26	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	298	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	48	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.792	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.88 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	122	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	us7000mtu0	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mtu0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mtu0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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