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Strong earthquake, 6.2 mag strikes near Tolotangga in Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.0665S, 118.6088WA earthquake with magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Tolotangga in Indonesia on Friday. Unique identifier: us10007nl0. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007nl0. The 6.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:30:18 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 118.6088 East, latitude -9.0665 South, depth = 72.27 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tolotangga in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 72.27 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/12/16 / 2016-12-29 22:30:18 / December 29, 2016 @ 10:30 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bima (min 5000 pop).

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

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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: 33 km S of Tolotangga, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 118.6088° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.0665° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km S of Tolotangga, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-29 22:30:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-29 22:53:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 21 The total number of felt reports
CDI 7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.81 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 606 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 3.611 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 26 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 us10007nl0 Id of event.
Event Code 10007nl0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007nl0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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