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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag strikes near Labuhankananga in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.2243S, 117.4672WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 106 km NNW of Labuhankananga, Indonesia (66 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/05/19 / 2019-05-31 06:37:53 / May 31, 2019 @ 6:37 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 569.8 km, 117.4672° East, -7.2243° South. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:37:53 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 569.8 km (354 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003tjb. Id of event: us70003tjb.

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 106 km NNW of Labuhankananga, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 117.4672° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.2243° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 569.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 106km NNW of Labuhankananga, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-05-31 06:37:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-31 06:57:43 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 1 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 449 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 3.159 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41 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 us70003tjb Id of event.
Event Code 70003tjb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70003tjb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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