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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Pariaman in Indonesia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Pariaman in Indonesia on Friday. Id of earthquake: us7000ns2q. Event ids that are associated: us7000ns2q. The temblor was reported at 21:39:49 / 9:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 100.1855° East, latitude -0.6274° South, depth = 124.35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/11/24 / 2024-11-15 21:39:49 / November 15, 2024 @ 9:39 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 124.35 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Padang (c. 840 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Payakumbuh (c. 121 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Bukittinggi (c. 98 700 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Pariaman (c. 92 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Solok (c. 48 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Sijunjung (c. 27 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sijunjung, Payakumbuh, Solok (min 5000 pop).

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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 7 km E of Pariaman, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	100.1855° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-0.6274° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	124.35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 km E of Pariaman, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-15 21:39:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-15 22:10:19	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	298	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	37	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.379	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	174	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	us7000ns2q	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ns2q	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ns2q,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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