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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Meulaboh in Indonesia


Earthquake location 4.4649S, 96.2435WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia on Monday. Unique identifier: us6000np5u. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000np5u. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/09/24 / 2024-09-02 00:39:35 / September 2, 2024 @ 12:39 am. The temblor was reported at 00:39:35 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 96.2435 East, latitude 4.4649 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bireun, Reuleuet, Meulaboh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km NNE of Meulaboh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.2435° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.4649° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km NNE of Meulaboh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-02 00:39:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-02 00:56:52 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 369 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.033 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us6000np5u Id of event.
Event Code 6000np5u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000np5u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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