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Strong earthquake, 6.6 mag was detected near Kasiguncu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -1.2646S, 120.4779WA earthquake magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008w1z. Unique identifier: us10008w1z. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/05/17 / 2017-05-29 14:35:20 / May 29, 2017 @ 2:35 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.42 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kasiguncu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:35:20 / 10:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 9.42 km, 120.4779° East, -1.2646° South.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop).

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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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 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: 26 km NW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.4779° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.2646° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km NW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-29 14:35:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-29 14:56:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 7.24 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 671 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 2.304 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us10008w1z Id of event.
Event Code 10008w1z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008w1z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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