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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Abepura in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.1004S, 138.9693WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 188 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia (117 miles) on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us2000izsn. Event ids that are associated: us2000izsn. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/19 / 2019-01-02 07:59:51 / January 2, 2019 @ 7:59 am. The temblor was picked up at 16:59:51 / 4:59 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.76 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 138.9693° East, -2.1004° South, depth 46.76 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Abepura 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. 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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 188 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 138.9693° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.1004° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 188km WNW 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 2019-01-02 07:59:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-02 08:15:52 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 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 385 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 6.763 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us2000izsn Id of event.
Event Code 2000izsn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000izsn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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