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Strong earthquake, 6.5 mag strikes near Dili in East Timor

Posted by admin on December 21, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -7.5266S, 127.8744WA earthquake magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 278 km ENE of Dili, East Timor (173 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.8744 East, latitude -7.5266 South, depth = 158.71 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 158.71 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 09:17:15 / 9:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Dili in East Timor (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10007lkw. Event ids that are associated: us10007lkw. Global time and date of event 21/12/16 / 2016-12-21 00:17:15 / December 21, 2016 @ 12:17 am UTC/GMT.

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 fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 278 km ENE of Dili, East Timor. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.8744° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.5266° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 158.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 278km ENE of Dili, East Timor Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-21 00:17:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-21 00:43:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 19 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.4 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 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 660 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 3.423 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 18 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10007lkw Id of event.
Event Code 10007lkw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007lkw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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