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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Sungai Penuh in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.1137S, 100.6928WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Sungai Penuh in Indonesia on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/08/24 / 2024-08-13 21:27:50 / August 13, 2024 @ 9:27 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 100.6928° East, -2.1137° South, depth 70.689 km. The temblor was detected at 21:27:50 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 70.689 km (44 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000njxr. Unique identifier: us6000njxr.

Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sungai Penuh (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km W of Sungai Penuh, 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 100.6928° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.1137° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70.689 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 km W of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-13 21:27:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-13 21:45:07 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 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.608 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 180 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 us6000njxr Id of event.
Event Code 6000njxr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000njxr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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