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Strong earthquake, 6.1 mag strikes near Abepura in Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.8992S, 140.2764WA earthquake magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) strikes 144 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia (89 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/12/18 / 2018-12-16 09:42:37 / December 16, 2018 @ 9:42 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.14 km (38 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 140.2764° East, -3.8992° South, depth 61.14 km. The temblor was detected at 18:42:37 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Abepura in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000iu2u. Unique identifier: us2000iu2u.

There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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. 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: 144 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.2764° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.8992° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 144km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-16 09:42:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-16 09:59:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 5.17 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 572 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 7.316 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 18 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 us2000iu2u Id of event.
Event Code 2000iu2u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000iu2u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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