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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Tual in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.2667S, 131.5867WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 144 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia (89 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Tual in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/04/19 / 2019-04-30 02:28:49 / April 30, 2019 @ 2:28 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.5867 East, latitude -6.2667 South, depth = 56.77 km. Event id: us70003eek. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003eek. The epicenter was at a depth of 56.77 km (35 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:28:49 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter).

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 was reported nearby. 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 144 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.5867° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.2667° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 144km WSW of Tual, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-04-30 02:28:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-30 02:42:08 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 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 1.728 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 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 us70003eek Id of event.
Event Code 70003eek An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70003eek, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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