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Moderate earthquake: M5.8 quake has struck near Lubuklinggau in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.657S, 102.3488WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Lubuklinggau in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 102.3488° East, -2.657° South, depth 168.3 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:39:12 / 3:39 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000iz50. Unique identifier: us2000iz50. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/12/18 / 2018-12-30 08:39:12 / December 30, 2018 @ 8:39 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 168.3 km (105 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Lubuklinggau in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Lubuklinggau (c. 148 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Curup, Lubuklinggau. Close 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. 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 two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 91 km NW of Lubuklinggau, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 102.3488° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.657° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 168.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91km NW of Lubuklinggau, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-30 08:39:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-30 09:04:16 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 6.824 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 518 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 1.797 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 us2000iz50 Id of event.
Event Code 2000iz50 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000iz50, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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