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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Pariaman in Indonesia


Earthquake location -0.4352S, 100.1471WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Pariaman in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 82.133 km, 100.1471° East, -0.4352° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qh9v. Unique identifier: us6000qh9v. The temblor was picked up at 16:13:11 / 4:13 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 82.133 km (51 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/06/25 / 2025-06-01 16:13:11 / June 1, 2025 @ 4:13 pm.

Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Padang (c. 840 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Payakumbuh (c. 121 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Bukittinggi (c. 98 700 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Pariaman (c. 92 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Solok (c. 48 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Sijunjung (c. 27 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sijunjung, Solok, Padang.

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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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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. 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: 20 km N of Pariaman, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 100.1471° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.4352° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 82.133 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km N 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 2025-06-01 16:13:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-01 16:48:18 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.251 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 173 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 us6000qh9v Id of event.
Event Code 6000qh9v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qh9v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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