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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Kangin in Indonesia

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Kangin in Indonesia on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 06:48:42 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.94 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000gfrs. Event ids that are associated: us1000gfrs. Global time and date of event 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 22:48:42 / August 22, 2018 @ 10:48 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kangin in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 114.776° East, latitude -9.1812° South, depth = 69.94 km.

Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Muncar (c. 64 500 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Srono (c. 36 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Tabanan (c. 33 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Negara (c. 33 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Kuta (c. 30 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ubud (c. 28 400 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Srono, Klungkung, Muncar (min 5000 pop).

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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 54 km SW of Kangin, Indonesia.

Denpasar Indonesia Kangin Klungkung Kuta Muncar Negara Srono Tabanan Ubud

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	114.776° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-9.1812° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	69.94 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	54km SW of Kangin, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-08-22 22:48:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-08-22 23:11:57	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	34	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4	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	398	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	0.937	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	42	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	us1000gfrs	Id of event.
Event Code	1000gfrs	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000gfrs,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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