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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Padangsidempuan in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.5792S, 99.5143WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 175.71 km (109 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:08:47 / 12:08 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000hxhh. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hxhh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/11/18 / 2018-11-28 17:08:47 / November 28, 2018 @ 5:08 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 99.5143° East, 1.5792° North, depth 175.71 km.

Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Rantauprapat (c. 103 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sibolga, Rantauprapat, Bandar (min 5000 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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 36 km NE of Padangsidempuan, 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 99.5143° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.5792° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 175.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km NE of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-28 17:08:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-28 21:59:51 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 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 1.254 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us1000hxhh Id of event.
Event Code 1000hxhh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hxhh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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