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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Bilungala in Indonesia


Earthquake location -0.0451S, 122.9688WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Bilungala in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 151.28 km, 122.9688° East, -0.0451° South. A tsunami warning has been issued near Bilungala in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:27:26 / 3:27 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000itp1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000itp1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 151.28 km (94 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/12/18 / 2018-12-14 19:27:26 / December 14, 2018 @ 7:27 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luwuk, Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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 twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 54 km SSW of Bilungala, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.9688° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.0451° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 151.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54km SSW of Bilungala, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-14 19:27:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-14 19:41:55 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 416 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 1.009 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us2000itp1 Id of event.
Event Code 2000itp1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000itp1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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