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Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Tanjungagung in Indonesia

Posted by admin on December 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -3.866S, 104.0308WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Tanjungagung in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 104.0308° East, -3.866° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:26:08 / 9:26 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 21:26:08 / December 9, 2024 @ 9:26 pm. Event id: us7000p0dk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p0dk.

Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Baturaja (c. 134 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Prabumulih (c. 103 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Lahat (c. 65 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Tanjungagung (c. 53 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pageralam, Lahat, Prabumulih.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km ENE of Tanjungagung, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 104.0308° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.866° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km ENE of Tanjungagung, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-09 21:26:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-24 02:26:07 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 354 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 1.179 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us7000p0dk Id of event.
Event Code 7000p0dk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p0dk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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