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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Ngarangiakambera in Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.7418S, 119.9395WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Ngarangiakambera in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.9395 East, latitude -9.7418 South, depth = 57.73 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.73 km (36 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Ngarangiakambera in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006dd8. Unique identifier: us10006dd8. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 18:20:12 / August 12, 2016 @ 6:20 pm. The temblor was picked up at 02:20:12 / 2:20 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waingapu. Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 10 km SW of Ngarangiakambera, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.9395° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.7418° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.73 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km SW of Ngarangiakambera, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-08-12 18:20:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-12 18:39:22 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 449 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 2.521 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 us10006dd8 Id of event.
Event Code 10006dd8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006dd8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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