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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Nggongi Satu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -10.4753S, 120.2032WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Nggongi Satu in Indonesia on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.25 km (14 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h5e3. Unique identifier: us1000h5e3. Exact location, longitude 120.2032° East, latitude -10.4753° South, depth = 22.25 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Nggongi Satu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:27:06 / 7:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/10/18 / 2018-10-01 23:27:06 / October 1, 2018 @ 11:27 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waingapu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 31 km S of Nggongi Satu, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.2032° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.4753° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km S of Nggongi Satu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-01 23:27:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-01 23:45:20 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 449 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 2.714 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 us1000h5e3 Id of event.
Event Code 1000h5e3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000h5e3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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