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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Bonjol in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.3632S, 100.1359WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Bonjol in Indonesia on Saturday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:47:01 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/05/16 / 2016-05-06 21:47:01 / May 6, 2016 @ 9:47 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 169.34 km (105 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 169.34 km, 100.1359° East, 0.3632° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10005efm. Unique identifier: us10005efm.

Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Payakumbuh (c. 121 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bukittinggi (c. 98 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Payakumbuh, Bukittinggi (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 43 km NNW of Bonjol, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 100.1359° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.3632° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 169.34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43km NNW of Bonjol, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-06 21:47:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-06 22:15:36 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 0.904 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us10005efm Id of event.
Event Code 10005efm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005efm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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