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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Manokwari in Indonesia


Earthquake location -0.6882S, 134.0119WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Manokwari in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 134.0119° East, -0.6882° South, depth 27.82 km. Global time and date of event 18/11/19 / 2019-11-18 21:40:12 / November 18, 2019 @ 9:40 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us700069ls. Ids that are associated to the event: us700069ls. A tsunami warning has been issued near Manokwari in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:40:12 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 27.82 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Manokwari (c. 53 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manokwari (min 5000 pop).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: 21 km NNW of Manokwari, 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 134.0119° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.6882° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km NNW of Manokwari, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-18 21:40:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-18 21:59:56 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 2.831 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 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 us700069ls Id of event.
Event Code 700069ls An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700069ls, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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