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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near northern Sumatra


Earthquake location 4.2357S, 92.6151WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes Off the west coast of northern Sumatra (0 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 92.6151 East, latitude 4.2357 North, depth = 29.43 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:08:37 / 4:08 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/05/16 / 2016-05-12 22:08:37 / May 12, 2016 @ 10:08 pm. Event id: us10005gxy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005gxy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.43 km (18 miles).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Off the west coast of northern Sumatra. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 92.6151° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.2357° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Off the west coast of northern Sumatra Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-12 22:08:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-12 22:27:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 360 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 326 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 4.428 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 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 us10005gxy Id of event.
Event Code 10005gxy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005gxy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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