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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Muara Siberut in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.3085S, 99.4611WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 83 km SSE of Muara Siberut, Indonesia (52 miles) on Sunday. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:51:29 / 4:51 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000g3t7. Event ids that are associated: us1000g3t7. Global time and date of event 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 09:51:29 / August 5, 2018 @ 9:51 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Muara Siberut in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 99.4611° East, latitude -2.3085° South, depth = 28.95 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.95 km (18 miles).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 83 km SSE of Muara Siberut, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 99.4611° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.3085° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.95 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83km SSE 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 2018-08-05 09:51:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-05 10:04:42 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 385 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 3.056 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 198 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 us1000g3t7 Id of event.
Event Code 1000g3t7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g3t7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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