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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Bunobogu in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.0128S, 122.0841WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 52 km E of Bunobogu, Indonesia (32 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/05/19 / 2019-05-21 18:42:47 / May 21, 2019 @ 6:42 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003p1q. Id of event: us70003p1q. Exact location of earthquake, 122.0841° East, 1.0128° North, depth 49.51 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49.51 km (31 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Bunobogu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 02:42:47 / 2:42 am (local time epicenter).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km E of Bunobogu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.0841° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.0128° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km E of Bunobogu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-05-21 18:42:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-21 19:01:18 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 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 1.305 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us70003p1q Id of event.
Event Code 70003p1q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70003p1q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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