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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Banda Aceh in Indonesia

Posted by admin on September 12, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 5.1393S, 94.7024WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Banda Aceh in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/08/17 / 2017-08-24 23:34:08 / August 24, 2017 @ 11:34 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:34:08 / 5:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 94.7024° East, 5.1393° North, depth 56.83 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.83 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000acva. Id of event: us2000acva.

Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Banda Aceh. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km SW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.7024° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.1393° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82km SW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-08-24 23:34:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-12 04:46:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 360 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 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 2.237 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us2000acva Id of event.
Event Code 2000acva An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000acva, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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