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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Palu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -0.3423S, 119.8708WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. Event id: us1000h3nd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h3nd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Palu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 16:24:58 / 4:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 119.8708° East, latitude -0.3423° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 08:24:58 / September 28, 2018 @ 8:24 am UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twelve 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 60 km N of Palu, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.8708° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.3423° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60km N of Palu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-28 08:24:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-28 08:39:56 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 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 1.707 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 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 us1000h3nd Id of event.
Event Code 1000h3nd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000h3nd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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