Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Padang in Indonesia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Padang in Indonesia on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 97.529 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 17/02/25 / 2025-02-17 08:49:46 / February 17, 2025 @ 8:49 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 100.2838 East, latitude -0.8449 South, depth = 97.529 km. Unique identifier: us6000pve8. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pve8. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:49:46 / 8:49 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Padang (c. 840 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Payakumbuh (c. 121 600 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Bukittinggi (c. 98 700 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Pariaman (c. 92 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Solok (c. 48 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sijunjung (c. 27 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Payakumbuh, Sijunjung, Bukittinggi (min 5000 pop).

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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 13 km NW of Padang, Indonesia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	100.2838° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-0.8449° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	97.529 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13 km NW of Padang, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-17 08:49:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-12 22:38:00	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	13	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.403	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.74 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	188	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	us6000pve8	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pve8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pve8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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