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Strong earthquake: M6.6 quake strikes near Nebe in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.2823S, 122.5085WA earthquake magnitude 6.6 (mg/mb) has occurred on Friday, 131 kilometers (81 miles) from Nebe in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 21:45:05 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 547.38 km (340 miles). Global time of event 27/02/15 / 2015-02-27 13:45:05 / February 27, 2015 @ 1:45 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 122.5085 East, latitude -7.2823 South, depth 547.38 km, unique identifier, usc000ttkd.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.5085° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.2823° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 547.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 131km N of Nebe, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-27 13:45:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-27 14:14:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.66 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 671 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 ,pt,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 1.371 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 12 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 usc000ttkd Id of event.
Event Code c000ttkd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt15058000,usc000ttkd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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