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Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake has struck near Nggongi Satu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -10.4747S, 120.1211WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Nggongi Satu in Indonesia. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:49:31 / 12:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 20.71 km, 120.1211° East, -10.4747° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.71 km (13 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000h5h5. Event ids that are associated: us1000h5h5. A tsunami warning has been issued near Nggongi Satu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 04:49:31 / October 2, 2018 @ 4:49 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waingapu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km SSW of Nggongi Satu, Indonesia. This data 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 120.1211° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.4747° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km SSW 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 2018-10-02 04:49:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-02 05:05:38 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 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 2.774 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 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 us1000h5h5 Id of event.
Event Code 1000h5h5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000h5h5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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