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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Pariaman in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.0193S, 99.5181WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Pariaman in Indonesia on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 100.3 km, 99.5181° East, 0.0193° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 100.3 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/09/20 / 2020-09-28 16:26:55 / September 28, 2020 @ 4:26 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 16:26:55 / 4:26 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000c266. Unique identifier: us6000c266.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pariaman (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Pariaman (c. 92 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 97 km NW of Pariaman, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 99.5181° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.0193° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 100.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 97 km NW of Pariaman, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-28 16:26:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-28 16:55:44 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 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 1.551 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 171 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 us6000c266 Id of event.
Event Code 6000c266 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c266, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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