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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Bengkulu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -4.3475S, 101.1673WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 136 km WSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia (85 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 101.1673° East, -4.3475° South, depth 32.91 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 32.91 km (20 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:16:53 / 1:16 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10002x5p. Unique identifier: us10002x5p. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/08/15 / 2015-08-01 18:16:53 / August 1, 2015 @ 6:16 pm UTC/GMT.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 136 km WSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 101.1673° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.3475° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 136km WSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-01 18:16:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-01 19:42:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 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 340 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.806 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 177 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 us10002x5p Id of event.
Event Code 10002x5p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002x5p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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