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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Palu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -0.8823S, 119.9899WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has been issued near Palu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 119.9899° East, -0.8823° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:15:46 / 5:15 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/10/18 / 2018-10-08 21:15:46 / October 8, 2018 @ 9:15 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000h8zg. Event ids that are associated: us1000h8zg.

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 13 km (8 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso, Palu (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days sixty-five 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.

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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: 13 km E of Palu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.9899° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.8823° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km E 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 2018-10-08 21:15:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-08 22:33:17 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 400 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 2.132 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us1000h8zg Id of event.
Event Code 1000h8zg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000h8zg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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