Moderate earthquake 5.8 mag, 140 km N of Palue, Indonesia

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) strikes 140 km N of Palue, Indonesia (87 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 514.33 km, 122.5412° East, -7.2081° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 514.33 km (320 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/16 / 2016-08-23 19:40:46 / August 23, 2016 @ 7:40 pm. Event id: us10006gj0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006gj0. The temblor was reported at 03:40:46 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 140 km N of Palue, Indonesia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	122.5412° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-7.2081° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	514.33 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	140km N of Palue, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-08-23 19:40:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-08-24 15:53:44	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	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	518	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	6.129	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.88 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	13	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	us10006gj0	Id of event.
Event Code	10006gj0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10006gj0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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