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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 171 km WNW of Sabang, Indonesia


Earthquake location 6.5917S, 93.9387WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 171 km WNW of Sabang, Indonesia (106 miles) on Friday. Exact location, longitude 93.9387° East, latitude 6.5917° North, depth = 54.87 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 54.87 km (34 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000n8vx. Event ids that are associated: us6000n8vx. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 14:13:36 / June 21, 2024 @ 2:13 pm. The temblor was detected at 14:13:36 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 171 km WNW of Sabang, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 93.9387° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.5917° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.87 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 171 km WNW 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 2024-06-21 14:13:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-30 08:32:20 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.285 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 182 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 us6000n8vx Id of event.
Event Code 6000n8vx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n8vx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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