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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 81 km NW of Meulaboh, Indonesia


Earthquake location 4.6925S, 95.6509WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 95.6509 East, latitude 4.6925 North, depth = 76.57 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:47:54 / 9:47 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 76.57 km (48 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003nuy. Id of event: us10003nuy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/10/15 / 2015-10-07 02:47:54 / October 7, 2015 @ 2:47 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Reuleuet, Sigli, Meulaboh. The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sigli (c. 17 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 81 km NW of Meulaboh, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.6509° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.6925° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 76.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81km NW of Meulaboh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-10-07 02:47:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-10-28 23:37:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 284 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 1.397 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 194 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 us10003nuy Id of event.
Event Code 10003nuy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003nuy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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