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Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake has struck near Malili in Indonesia

Posted by admin on May 24, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -2.7671S, 122.1581WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 119 km E of Malili, Indonesia (74 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.43 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 122.1581 East, latitude -2.7671 South, depth = 15.43 km. The temblor was reported at 17:10:15 / 5:10 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/05/17 / 2017-05-24 09:10:15 / May 24, 2017 @ 9:10 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008usv. Id of event: us10008usv. A tsunami warning has been issued near Malili in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 119 km E of Malili, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.1581° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.7671° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 119km E of Malili, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-24 09:10:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-24 09:29:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 6.03 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 1.82 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 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 us10008usv Id of event.
Event Code 10008usv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008usv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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