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Strong earthquake 6.3 mag, 132 km SW of Leksula, Indonesia


Earthquake location -4.5943S, 125.6407WA earthquake with magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 132 km SW of Leksula, Indonesia (82 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:25:33 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000626m. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000626m. Global time and date of event 05/06/16 / 2016-06-05 16:25:33 / June 5, 2016 @ 4:25 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 428.45 km (266 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 125.6407° East, latitude -4.5943° South, depth = 428.45 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 132 km SW of Leksula, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.6407° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.5943° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 428.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 132km SW of Leksula, 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 16:25:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-05 16:50:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 2.8 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 611 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 4.545 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 31 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000626m Id of event.
Event Code 2000626m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000626m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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