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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 78 km SW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.8399S, 98.8111WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 98.8111 East, latitude 0.8399 North, depth = 83.643 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:14:16 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nt31. Unique identifier: us6000nt31. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83.643 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/09/24 / 2024-09-19 16:14:16 / September 19, 2024 @ 4:14 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sibolga, Padangsidempuan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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. 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km SW of Padangsidempuan, 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 98.8111° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.8399° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 83.643 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78 km SW 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 2024-09-19 16:14:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-19 16:32:32 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.845 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 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 us6000nt31 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nt31 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nt31, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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