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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Saumlaki in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.0456S, 129.4566WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 228 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (142 miles). Exact location of event, depth 123.41 km, 129.4566° East, -7.0456° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.41 km (77 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Saumlaki in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:13:16 / 5:13 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000gdtu. Event ids that are associated: us2000gdtu. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/07/18 / 2018-07-25 20:13:16 / July 25, 2018 @ 8:13 pm UTC/GMT.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 228 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.4566° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.0456° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 123.41 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 228km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-25 20:13:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-25 20:30:01 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 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 2.05 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us2000gdtu Id of event.
Event Code 2000gdtu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000gdtu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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