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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Padangcermin in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.0665S, 105.0255WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Padangcermin in Indonesia on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.1 km (27 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:24:59 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 105.0255° East, latitude -6.0665° South, depth = 43.1 km. Event id: us2000bhzb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bhzb. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/10/17 / 2017-10-28 23:24:59 / October 28, 2017 @ 11:24 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandarlampung (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Bandarlampung (c. 800 300 pop).

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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km SSW of Padangcermin, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 105.0255° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.0665° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km SSW of Padangcermin, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-28 23:24:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-17 03:30:01 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 271 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 2.668 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 178 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 us2000bhzb Id of event.
Event Code 2000bhzb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000bhzb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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