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Moderate earthquake 5.7 mag, 272 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia

Posted by admin on November 12, 2015 1 Comment

Earthquake location -7.2496S, 128.9485WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 272 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (169 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 121.49 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 23:36:18 / November 11, 2015 @ 11:36 pm. The temblor was reported at 08:36:18 / 8:36 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003xni. Unique identifier: us10003xni. A tsunami warning has been issued near Saumlaki in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 128.9485° East, -7.2496° South, depth 121.49 km.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 272 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.9485° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.2496° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 121.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 272km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-11 23:36:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-12 00:05:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.78 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 502 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 2.441 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 31 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 us10003xni Id of event.
Event Code 10003xni An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003xni, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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  1. Ben

    The Only thing I felt was the RUMBLING in my Stomach. lol! Tsunami? Man!

    November 12, 2015
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