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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 4 km ESE of Leof, Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.5949S, 124.6654WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Leof in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.29 km (14 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:12:53 / 9:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/06/17 / 2017-06-26 13:12:53 / June 26, 2017 @ 1:12 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us20009pq5. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009pq5. Exact location of earthquake, 124.6654° East, -9.5949° South, depth 23.29 km.

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Maliana (c. 22 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Suai (c. 21 500 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maliana, Suai, Atambua.

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 4 km ESE of Leof, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.6654° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.5949° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km ESE of Leof, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-06-26 13:12:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-26 13:56:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 0 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 0.423 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us20009pq5 Id of event.
Event Code 20009pq5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20009pq5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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