Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Amahai in Indonesia

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 116 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia (72 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 129.6926 East, latitude -4.0424 South, depth = 43.5 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/15 / 2015-12-09 12:39:13 / December 9, 2015 @ 12:39 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.5 km (27 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 21:39:13 / 9:39 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20004fur. Event ids that are associated: us20004fur.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 116 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	129.6926° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-4.0424° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	43.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	116km SE of Amahai, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-12-09 12:39:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-12-09 13:05:29	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	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	432	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	2.784	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.97 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	24	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	us20004fur	Id of event.
Event Code	20004fur	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20004fur,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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