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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Curup in Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.352S, 102.0971WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Curup in Indonesia on Wednesday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:28:51 / 12:28 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nw5k. Id of event: us7000nw5k. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/11/24 / 2024-11-20 00:28:51 / November 20, 2024 @ 12:28 am. Exact location of event, longitude 102.0971 East, latitude -3.352 South, depth = 102.612 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 102.612 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lubuklinggau, Bengkulu, Curup (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Lubuklinggau (c. 148 200 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 48 km WNW of Curup, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 102.0971° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.352° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 102.612 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48 km WNW of Curup, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-20 00:28:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-13 03:04:33 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 271 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.318 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us7000nw5k Id of event.
Event Code 7000nw5k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nw5k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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