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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Muara Siberut in Indonesia


Earthquake location -1.9466S, 98.6759WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 70 km WSW of Muara Siberut, Indonesia (43 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Muara Siberut in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/06/18 / 2018-06-12 23:46:12 / June 12, 2018 @ 11:46 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 98.6759 East, latitude -1.9466 South, depth = 11.83 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.83 km (7 miles). Unique identifier: us1000epg0. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000epg0. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:46:12 / 6:46 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km WSW of Muara Siberut, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 98.6759° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.9466° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70km WSW of Muara Siberut, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-12 23:46:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-13 00:02:41 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 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 3.268 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us1000epg0 Id of event.
Event Code 1000epg0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000epg0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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