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Moderate earthquake: M5.8 quake strikes near Leof in Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.869S, 125.1041WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (mg/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Leof in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 01:40:57 / 1:40 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 66.3 km (41 miles). Global time of event 15/06/15 / 2015-06-15 17:40:57 / June 15, 2015 @ 5:40 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 125.1041 East, latitude -9.869 South, depth 66.3 km, unique identifier, us20002pyz. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us20002pyz,.

Close countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 113 km (70 miles) from Same (c. 25 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Maliana (c. 22 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Suai (c. 21 500 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Ainaro (c. 12 000 pop), 109 km (67 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Same, Pante Makasar, Ainaro.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.1041° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.869° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61km ESE of Leof, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-06-15 17:40:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-06-15 18:23:34 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 3.9 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.35 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 518 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 0.832 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20002pyz Id of event.
Event Code 20002pyz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002pyz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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