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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Labuhanmapin in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.3719S, 116.9265WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Labuhanmapin in Indonesia on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ghbd. Id of event: us1000ghbd. A tsunami warning has been issued near Labuhanmapin in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 116.9265° East, latitude -8.3719° South, depth = 10.15 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:33:16 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/18 / 2018-08-25 18:33:16 / August 25, 2018 @ 6:33 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.15 km (6 miles).

Nearby 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 Mataram, Praya, Sumbawa Besar. Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 16 km N of Labuhanmapin, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 116.9265° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.3719° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km N of Labuhanmapin, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-25 18:33:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-25 19:03:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.77 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 502 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 2.746 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us1000ghbd Id of event.
Event Code 1000ghbd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ghbd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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