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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Sungaipenuh in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.9468S, 100.9252WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 108 km SSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia (67 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.23 km (31 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/12/17 / 2017-12-29 19:14:30 / December 29, 2017 @ 7:14 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 100.9252 East, latitude -2.9468 South, depth = 49.23 km. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:14:30 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bxtu. Unique identifier: us1000bxtu. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sungaipenuh in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 108 km SSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 100.9252° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.9468° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 108km SSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-29 19:14:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-29 19:30:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 416 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 2.465 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us1000bxtu Id of event.
Event Code 1000bxtu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bxtu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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