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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near northern Sumatra


Earthquake location 4.9687S, 94.7127WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported off the west coast of northern Sumatra kilometers (0 miles) from northern Sumatra on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 94.7127 East, latitude 4.9687 North, depth = 48.34 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000huys. Unique identifier: us1000huys. Global time and date of event 21/11/18 / 2018-11-21 15:49:35 / November 21, 2018 @ 3:49 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:49:35 / 3:49 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 48.34 km (30 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Banda Aceh (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.7127° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.9687° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.34 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 2018-11-21 15:49:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-21 16:16:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 2.24 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000huys Id of event.
Event Code 1000huys An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000huys, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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