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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 55 km S of Reuleuet, Indonesia


Earthquake location 4.7184S, 96.2377WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Reuleuet in Indonesia on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 02:35:27 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 96.2377° East, 4.7184° North, depth 42.117 km. Event id: us7000nnqs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nnqs. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.117 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/10/24 / 2024-10-29 02:35:27 / October 29, 2024 @ 2:35 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sigli, Bireun, Meulaboh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km S of Reuleuet, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.2377° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.7184° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.117 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 km S of Reuleuet, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-29 02:35:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-29 03:36:02 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 326 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.87 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us7000nnqs Id of event.
Event Code 7000nnqs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nnqs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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