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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Tanjung in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.3587S, 116.1605WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Tanjung in Indonesia. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 12:49:56 / August 5, 2018 @ 12:49 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000g3uy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g3uy. Exact location of event, longitude 116.1605 East, latitude -8.3587 South, depth = 39.15 km. The temblor was reported at 20:49:56 / 8:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.15 km (24 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Tanjung in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Denpasar, Ubud, Klungkung. Epicenter of the earthquake was 109 km (68 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Ubud (c. 28 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 0 km SE of Tanjung, 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 116.1605° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.3587° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 0km SE of Tanjung, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-05 12:49:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-05 13:08:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 12 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5 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 455 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 1.99 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41 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 us1000g3uy Id of event.
Event Code 1000g3uy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g3uy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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