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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia


Earthquake location -0.8805S, 120.3398WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia kilometers (0 miles) from Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Global time and date of event 05/06/16 / 2016-06-05 16:11:02 / June 5, 2016 @ 4:11 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 120.3398° East, -0.8805° South, depth 31.29 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000626l. Id of event: us2000626l. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.29 km (19 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:11:02 / 4:11 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso, Palu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.3398° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.8805° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-05 16:11:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-05 18:21:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 354 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 2.027 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us2000626l Id of event.
Event Code 2000626l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000626l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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