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


Earthquake location 7.8216S, 94.0099WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 257 km NW of Sabang, Indonesia (160 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.0099 East, latitude 7.8216 North, depth = 10.038 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:10:27 / 2:10 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10.038 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mztm. Id of event: us7000mztm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/07/24 / 2024-07-09 02:10:27 / July 9, 2024 @ 2:10 am UTC/GMT.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 have been detected nearby.

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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: 257 km NW of Sabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.0099° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.8216° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.038 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 257 km NW 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 2024-07-09 02:10:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-18 02:33:00 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.062 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 163 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 us7000mztm Id of event.
Event Code 7000mztm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mztm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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