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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Sikabaluan in Indonesia


Earthquake location -0.49S, 97.986WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 131 km WNW of Sikabaluan, Indonesia (81 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/02/19 / 2019-02-04 19:29:52 / February 4, 2019 @ 7:29 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 97.986° East, -0.49° South, depth 9.93 km. Id of earthquake: us2000jda7. Event ids that are associated: us2000jda7. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sikabaluan in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:29:52 / 2:29 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.93 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 131 km WNW of Sikabaluan, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 97.986° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.49° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 131km WNW of Sikabaluan, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-02-04 19:29:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-04 19:45:50 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 500 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 1.828 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us2000jda7 Id of event.
Event Code 2000jda7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000jda7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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