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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag has occurred near Sorong in Indonesia

Posted by admin on February 15, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -3.3946S, 131.4798WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 278 km S of Sorong, Indonesia (173 miles). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:00:28 / 8:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.8 km (12 miles). Exact location, longitude 131.4798° East, latitude -3.3946° South, depth = 18.8 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007r1x. Id of event: us70007r1x. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sorong in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/02/20 / 2020-02-15 23:00:28 / February 15, 2020 @ 11:00 pm.

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

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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. 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: 278 km S of Sorong, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.4798° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.3946° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 278km S of Sorong, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-15 23:00:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-15 23:20:05 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 3.723 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 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 482 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 0.901 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 20 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 us70007r1x Id of event.
Event Code 70007r1x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70007r1x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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