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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Sibolga in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.867S, 99.2067WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Sibolga in Indonesia. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:37:39 / 9:37 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 139.998 km (87 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 99.2067 East, latitude 1.867 North, depth = 139.998 km. Event id: us7000nxup. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nxup. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/11/24 / 2024-11-26 09:37:39 / November 26, 2024 @ 9:37 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rantauprapat, Bandar, Padangsidempuan. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Rantauprapat (c. 103 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 49 km ENE of Sibolga, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 99.2067° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.867° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 139.998 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km ENE of Sibolga, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-26 09:37:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-25 16:20:55 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 0.869 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us7000nxup Id of event.
Event Code 7000nxup An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nxup, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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