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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 68 km SW of Meulaboh, Indonesia


Earthquake location 3.6817S, 95.7134WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 53.084 km (33 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:44:05 / 8:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/24 / 2024-11-13 20:44:05 / November 13, 2024 @ 8:44 pm UTC/GMT. 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: us7000nrlw. Unique identifier: us7000nrlw. Exact location, longitude 95.7134° East, latitude 3.6817° North, depth = 53.084 km.

The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Meulaboh (min 5000 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km SW of Meulaboh, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.7134° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.6817° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 53.084 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68 km SW 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 2024-11-13 20:44:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-17 22:09:26 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 259 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 1.968 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 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 us7000nrlw Id of event.
Event Code 7000nrlw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nrlw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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