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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Banda Aceh in Indonesia

Posted by admin on July 22, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 5.0233S, 94.7695WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Banda Aceh in Indonesia on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 53.25 km (33 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:35:43 / 11:35 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us20002z57. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002z57. A tsunami warning has been issued near Banda Aceh in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 53.25 km, 94.7695° East, 5.0233° North. Global time and date of event 22/07/15 / 2015-07-22 05:35:43 / July 22, 2015 @ 5:35 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabang, Banda Aceh (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 85 km SW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.7695° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.0233° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 53.25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85km SW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-22 05:35:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-22 05:58:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.74 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 1 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 483 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 2.178 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us20002z57 Id of event.
Event Code 20002z57 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002z57, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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