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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Sinabang in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.4736S, 96.9742WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.62 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:34:56 / 6:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/10/18 / 2018-10-16 00:34:56 / October 16, 2018 @ 12:34 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hegi. Id of event: us1000hegi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 96.9742 East, latitude 2.4736 North, depth = 37.62 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sinabang (min 5000 pop).

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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 66 km E of Sinabang, Indonesia. 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 96.9742° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.4736° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66km E of Sinabang, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-16 00:34:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-29 03:44:48 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 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 1.308 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 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 us1000hegi Id of event.
Event Code 1000hegi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hegi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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