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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Dili in East Timor

Posted by admin on September 18, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -7.4354S, 125.777WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 126 km N of Dili, East Timor (78 miles). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:25:29 / 5:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/09/18 / 2018-09-18 09:25:29 / September 18, 2018 @ 9:25 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000hgb0. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000hgb0. Exact location of earthquake, 125.777° East, -7.4354° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Dili in East Timor (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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. 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: 126 km N of Dili, East Timor.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.777° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.4354° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 126km N of Dili, East Timor Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-18 09:25:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-18 09:55:31 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 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 416 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 1.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 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 us2000hgb0 Id of event.
Event Code 2000hgb0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hgb0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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