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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag has occurred near Saumlaki in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.5098S, 130.3935WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes 189 km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (117 miles) on Friday. Exact location, longitude 130.3935° East, latitude -6.5098° South, depth = 117.72 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117.72 km (73 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/01/19 / 2019-01-04 06:22:44 / January 4, 2019 @ 6:22 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j076. Id of event: us2000j076. The temblor was reported at 15:22:44 / 3:22 pm (local time epicenter).

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 two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 189 km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.3935° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.5098° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 117.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 189km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-04 06:22:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-04 06:41:54 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 3.43 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 0 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 482 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 1.716 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 29 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 us2000j076 Id of event.
Event Code 2000j076 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j076, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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