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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag has occurred near Kupang in Indonesia


Earthquake location -10.6095S, 124.1503WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Kupang in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 124.1503° East, -10.6095° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kupang in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:13:31 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000giie. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000giie. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/08/18 / 2018-08-28 07:13:31 / August 28, 2018 @ 7:13 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soe, Kupang (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km SE of Kupang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.1503° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.6095° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79km SE of Kupang, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-28 07:13:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-28 08:08:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 3.9 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 482 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 0.856 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 us1000giie Id of event.
Event Code 1000giie An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000giie, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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