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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Bilungala in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.0413S, 122.9666WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 163.91 km, 122.9666° East, 0.0413° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 163.91 km (102 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:58:30 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Bilungala in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/16 / 2016-07-20 03:58:30 / July 20, 2016 @ 3:58 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20006g1u. Unique identifier: us20006g1u.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km SW of Bilungala, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.9666° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.0413° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 163.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km SW of Bilungala, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-07-20 03:58:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-20 04:10:48 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 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 432 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 1.093 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 us20006g1u Id of event.
Event Code 20006g1u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006g1u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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