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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 59 km WSW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia

Posted by admin on October 22, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -1.6743S, 120.1809WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/10/18 / 2018-10-22 16:07:48 / October 22, 2018 @ 4:07 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 120.1809 East, latitude -1.6743 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:07:48 / 12:07 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hfmn. Unique identifier: us1000hfmn. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kasiguncu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu, Poso. Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 59 km WSW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.1809° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.6743° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59km WSW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-22 16:07:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-22 16:25:05 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 2.665 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 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 us1000hfmn Id of event.
Event Code 1000hfmn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hfmn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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