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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Bengkulu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -4.3969S, 102.1241WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 47.76 km, 102.1241° East, -4.3969° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008dfl. Id of event: us10008dfl. The temblor was reported at 10:49:16 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 47.76 km (30 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/03/17 / 2017-03-31 03:49:16 / March 31, 2017 @ 3:49 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 67 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 102.1241° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.3969° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km SSW 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 2017-03-31 03:49:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-31 04:11:21 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 369 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 0.83 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us10008dfl Id of event.
Event Code 10008dfl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008dfl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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