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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Passo in Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.7765S, 128.3525WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Passo in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/12/15 / 2015-12-28 16:26:05 / December 28, 2015 @ 4:26 pm. The temblor was detected at 01:26:05 / 1:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 128.3525° East, -3.7765° South, depth 50.82 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.82 km (32 miles). Event id: us10004a40. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004a40. A tsunami warning has been issued near Passo in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai, Ambon (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km SSE of Passo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.3525° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.7765° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 50.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km SSE of Passo, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-12-28 16:26:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-28 16:43:19 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 416 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 3.981 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us10004a40 Id of event.
Event Code 10004a40 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004a40, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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