Strong earthquake 6.7 mag, 141 km NNE of Palue, Indonesia

A earthquake with magnitude 6.7 (ml/mb) was reported 141 km NNE of Palue, Indonesia (88 miles) on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/10/17 / 2017-10-24 10:47:47 / October 24, 2017 @ 10:47 am. Event id: us1000aw8q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000aw8q. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 549.19 km (341 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 549.19 km, 123.0401° East, -7.2364° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 18:47:47 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. 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 has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 141 km NNE of Palue, Indonesia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	123.0401° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-7.2364° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	549.19 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	141km NNE of Palue, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-10-24 10:47:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-10-24 11:05:05	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	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	691	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		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.601	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.04 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	19	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us1000aw8q	Id of event.
Event Code	1000aw8q	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000aw8q,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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