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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 76 km NW of Bonjol, Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.5572S, 99.8423WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 76 km NW of Bonjol, Indonesia (47 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 11:54:02 / 11:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 99.8423° East, latitude 0.5572° North, depth = 163.85 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 163.85 km (102 miles). Unique identifier: us60006lv8. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006lv8. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/19 / 2019-12-04 04:54:02 / December 4, 2019 @ 4:54 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 76 km NW of Bonjol, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 99.8423° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.5572° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 163.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76km NW of Bonjol, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-04 04:54:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-04 05:06:18 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 354 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 2.384 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us60006lv8 Id of event.
Event Code 60006lv8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006lv8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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