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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Sabang in Indonesia

Posted by admin on April 27, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 6.4191S, 94.9686WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Sabang in Indonesia. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:23:38 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.9686 East, latitude 6.4191 North, depth = 139.699 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 139.699 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000pvbe. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pvbe. Global time and date of event 27/04/25 / 2025-04-27 02:23:38 / April 27, 2025 @ 2:23 am UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabang (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 70 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.9686° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.4191° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 139.699 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-27 02:23:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-27 03:03:20 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 298 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 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.296 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 105 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 us7000pvbe Id of event.
Event Code 7000pvbe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pvbe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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