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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Tual in Indonesia

Posted by admin on August 12, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -6.1951S, 131.0729WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 194 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia (121 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/08/17 / 2017-08-12 07:22:36 / August 12, 2017 @ 7:22 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 67.99 km (42 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:22:36 / 4:22 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Tual in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000a7jd. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000a7jd. Exact location of earthquake, 131.0729° East, -6.1951° South, depth 67.99 km.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 194 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.0729° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.1951° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 67.99 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 194km WSW of Tual, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-08-12 07:22:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-12 07:40:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 400 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 1.79 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us2000a7jd Id of event.
Event Code 2000a7jd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000a7jd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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