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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Sinabang in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.7814S, 97.0161WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 104 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia (65 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70006c3p. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006c3p. Exact location of event, longitude 97.0161 East, latitude 1.7814 North, depth = 29.03 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.03 km (18 miles). Global time and date of event 23/11/19 / 2019-11-23 06:31:41 / November 23, 2019 @ 6:31 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 12:31:41 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter).

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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 104 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 97.0161° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.7814° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 104km SE 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 2019-11-23 06:31:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-23 06:49:07 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 340 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 0.733 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us70006c3p Id of event.
Event Code 70006c3p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006c3p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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