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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Padangsidempuan in Indonesia

Posted by admin on August 23, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 1.2991S, 99.022WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000n8kp. Event ids that are associated: us7000n8kp. The temblor was detected at 00:00:48 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 116.465 km, 99.022° East, 1.2991° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/08/24 / 2024-08-22 00:00:48 / August 22, 2024 @ 12:00 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 116.465 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sibolga, Padangsidempuan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop).

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 two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 29 km WSW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 99.022° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.2991° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 116.465 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 km WSW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-22 00:00:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-23 01:46:42 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.389 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us7000n8kp Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8kp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8kp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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