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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 207 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.042S, 129.6734WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 207 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (129 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 154.21 km (96 miles). Event id: us20005krh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005krh. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:47:49 / 1:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/16 / 2016-04-22 04:47:49 / April 22, 2016 @ 4:47 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 129.6734 East, latitude -7.042 South, depth = 154.21 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Saumlaki in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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-six 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 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: 207 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.6734° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.042° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 154.21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 207km 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 2016-04-22 04:47:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-04-22 05:06:32 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 385 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 4.832 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 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 us20005krh Id of event.
Event Code 20005krh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005krh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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