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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag has occurred near Sibolga in Indonesia

Posted by admin on November 29, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 0.2561S, 97.0421WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 253 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia (157 miles). Global time and date of event 29/11/18 / 2018-11-29 20:21:44 / November 29, 2018 @ 8:21 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 97.0421° East, 0.2561° North, depth 8.81 km. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:21:44 / 2:21 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.81 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hy0k. Unique identifier: us1000hy0k. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sibolga in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 253 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 97.0421° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.2561° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 253km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-29 20:21:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-29 20:38:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 360 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 4.07 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 500 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 1.169 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 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 us1000hy0k Id of event.
Event Code 1000hy0k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hy0k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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