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Moderate earthquake: M5.3 quake has struck near Padangcermin in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.2866S, 104.9234WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Padangcermin in Indonesia. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:26:00 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.42 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Padangcermin in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000e1mn. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e1mn. Exact location of earthquake, 104.9234° East, -6.2866° South, depth 60.42 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/05/18 / 2018-05-09 21:26:00 / May 9, 2018 @ 9:26 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandarlampung, Labuan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 103 km (64 miles) from Bandarlampung (c. 800 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Labuan (c. 33 600 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

Questions or comments?

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: 79 km SSW of Padangcermin, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 104.9234° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.2866° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79km SSW of Padangcermin, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-09 21:26:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-09 21:43:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 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 432 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 2.738 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us1000e1mn Id of event.
Event Code 1000e1mn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e1mn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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