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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag strikes near Saumlaki in Indonesia

Posted by admin on December 24, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -7.2259S, 129.0137WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 266 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (165 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 127.68 km (79 miles). Exact location, longitude 129.0137° East, latitude -7.2259° South, depth = 127.68 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/15 / 2015-12-24 23:10:58 / December 24, 2015 @ 11:10 pm. The temblor was detected at 08:10:58 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100049dq. Unique identifier: us100049dq. A tsunami warning has been issued near Saumlaki in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Every 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 266 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.0137° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.2259° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 127.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 266km 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 2015-12-24 23:10:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-24 23:29:21 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 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 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 2.386 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 29 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 us100049dq Id of event.
Event Code 100049dq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100049dq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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