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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Sinabang in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.8283S, 95.5623WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.67 km (14 miles). Global time and date of event 23/01/17 / 2017-01-23 20:48:16 / January 23, 2017 @ 8:48 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007v1e. Id of event: us10007v1e. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:48:16 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 95.5623° East, 2.8283° North, depth 22.67 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sinabang in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 99 km (61 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 98 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.5623° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.8283° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 98km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-23 20:48:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-23 21:07:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 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 385 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 2.518 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 180 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 us10007v1e Id of event.
Event Code 10007v1e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007v1e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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