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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Sungai Penuh in Indonesia

Posted by admin on May 12, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -2.228S, 100.9618WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Sungai Penuh in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 69.192 km (43 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 15:40:06 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/25 / 2025-05-12 15:40:06 / May 12, 2025 @ 3:40 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 69.192 km, 100.9618° East, -2.228° South. Event id: us7000pyul. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pyul.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sungai Penuh. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Sungai Penuh (c. 95 900 pop).

Each 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km WSW of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 100.9618° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.228° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.192 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km WSW 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 2025-05-12 15:40:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-12 16:23:45 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 312 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.907 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 156 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 us7000pyul Id of event.
Event Code 7000pyul An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pyul, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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