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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Banda Aceh in Indonesia


Earthquake location 5.6225S, 94.586WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Banda Aceh in Indonesia on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us7000npcn. Event ids that are associated: us7000npcn. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/10/24 / 2024-10-13 09:02:01 / October 13, 2024 @ 9:02 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 09:02:01 / 9:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 69.991 km, 94.586° East, 5.6225° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 69.991 km (43 miles).

Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabang, Banda Aceh (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 83 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.586° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.6225° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.991 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-13 09:02:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-03 09:23:24 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.213 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165 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 us7000npcn Id of event.
Event Code 7000npcn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000npcn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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