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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Banda Aceh in Indonesia

Posted by admin on April 23, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 5.513S, 94.6952WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Banda Aceh in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 94.6952 East, latitude 5.513 North, depth = 72.256 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pueh. Id of event: us7000pueh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72.256 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/25 / 2025-04-23 04:27:37 / April 23, 2025 @ 4:27 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 04:27:37 / 4:27 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabang, Banda Aceh (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.6952° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.513° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72.256 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-23 04:27:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-23 04:46:49 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.26 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165 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 us7000pueh Id of event.
Event Code 7000pueh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pueh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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