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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 180 km WSW of Sibolga, Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.0465S, 97.3153WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 180 km WSW of Sibolga, Indonesia (112 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/18 / 2018-12-29 08:15:26 / December 29, 2018 @ 8:15 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.38 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 97.3153° East, 1.0465° North, depth 23.38 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:15:26 / 3:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Sibolga in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000iyvg. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000iyvg.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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 ten and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 180 km WSW of Sibolga, 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 97.3153° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.0465° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 180km WSW 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 2018-12-29 08:15:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-29 08:31:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 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 0.364 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us2000iyvg Id of event.
Event Code 2000iyvg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000iyvg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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