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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Parapat in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.3887S, 99.0311WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Parapat in Indonesia. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:50:26 / 5:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 99.0311° East, latitude 2.3887° North, depth = 148.617 km. Id of earthquake: us7000n7vm. Event ids that are associated: us7000n7vm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/08/24 / 2024-08-19 05:50:26 / August 19, 2024 @ 5:50 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 148.617 km (92 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Pematangsiantar (c. 209 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kisaran (c. 129 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Pekan Bahapal (c. 40 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kisaran, Bandar, Pekan Bahapal (min 5000 pop).

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 three 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 32 km SSE of Parapat, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 99.0311° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.3887° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 148.617 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km SSE of Parapat, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-19 05:50:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-26 05:39:01 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 284 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.321 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 66 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 us7000n7vm Id of event.
Event Code 7000n7vm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n7vm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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