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Moderate earthquake 5.7 mag, 107 km NNE of Enarotali, Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.1053S, 136.8857WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 107 km NNE of Enarotali, Indonesia (66 miles) on Saturday. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:57:25 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/03/17 / 2017-03-25 14:57:25 / March 25, 2017 @ 2:57 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us20008ulq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008ulq. The epicenter was at a depth of 19.81 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Enarotali in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 136.8857° East, latitude -3.1053° South, depth = 19.81 km.

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 107 km NNE of Enarotali, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 136.8857° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.1053° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 107km NNE of Enarotali, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-03-25 14:57:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-25 15:25:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.85 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 501 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 4.634 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20008ulq Id of event.
Event Code 20008ulq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008ulq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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