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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag has occurred near Banda Aceh in Indonesia

Posted by admin on January 17, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 5.4319S, 94.6079WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Banda Aceh in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 94.6079° East, 5.4319° North, depth 54.55 km. Global time and date of event 17/01/17 / 2017-01-17 11:48:48 / January 17, 2017 @ 11:48 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10007tps. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007tps. A tsunami warning has been issued near Banda Aceh in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:48:48 / 5:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.55 km (34 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabang, Banda Aceh (min 5000 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 three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.6079° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.4319° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 80km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-17 11:48:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-17 12:09:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 360 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 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 482 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 2.338 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 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 us10007tps Id of event.
Event Code 10007tps An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007tps, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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