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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Tobelo in Indonesia

Posted by admin on January 6, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 2.2497S, 126.8242WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 143 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (89 miles). 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: us2000j0v6. Id of event: us2000j0v6. Exact location of earthquake, 126.8242° East, 2.2497° North, depth 60 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 18:25:30 / January 6, 2019 @ 6:25 pm. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:25:30 / 2:25 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 143 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.8242° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.2497° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 143km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-06 18:25:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-06 18:38:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 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 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 1.565 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 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 us2000j0v6 Id of event.
Event Code 2000j0v6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j0v6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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