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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag has occurred near Kuripan in Indonesia

Posted by admin on May 14, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -6.8695S, 101.7872WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 298 km SW of Kuripan, Indonesia (185 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kuripan in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/05/16 / 2016-05-14 20:52:11 / May 14, 2016 @ 8:52 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 101.7872 East, latitude -6.8695 South, depth = 10 km. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:52:11 / 3:52 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10005hg9. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005hg9.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 298 km SW of Kuripan, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 101.7872° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.8695° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 298km SW of Kuripan, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-14 20:52:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-14 21:11:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 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 2.83 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 482 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 2.75 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 27 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 us10005hg9 Id of event.
Event Code 10005hg9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005hg9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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