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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag strikes near Enarotali in Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.7939S, 138.6013WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 250 km E of Enarotali, Indonesia (155 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 88.25 km (55 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Enarotali in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000e61u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e61u. The temblor was reported at 11:12:17 / 11:12 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 02:12:17 / May 16, 2018 @ 2:12 am. Exact location of event, longitude 138.6013 East, latitude -3.7939 South, depth = 88.25 km.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 250 km E of Enarotali, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 138.6013° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.7939° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 88.25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 250km E of Enarotali, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-16 02:12:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-16 02:30:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 449 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 6.4 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 17 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 us1000e61u Id of event.
Event Code 1000e61u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e61u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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