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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 294 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.3925S, 128.71WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 294 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (183 miles). Exact location of event, depth 159.12 km, 128.71° East, -7.3925° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/03/20 / 2020-03-07 11:35:25 / March 7, 2020 @ 11:35 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 159.12 km (99 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Saumlaki in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 20:35:25 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us60008blz. Unique identifier: us60008blz.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 six and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 294 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.71° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.3925° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 159.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 294km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-07 11:35:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-07 11:53:06 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 416 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 2.631 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 us60008blz Id of event.
Event Code 60008blz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60008blz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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