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Strong earthquake, 6.3 mag strikes near Kangin in Indonesia

Posted by admin on March 18, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -11.1068S, 115.0604WA earthquake magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 251 km S of Kangin, Indonesia (156 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kangin in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/03/20 / 2020-03-18 17:45:37 / March 18, 2020 @ 5:45 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 115.0604° East, -11.1068° South, depth 10.41 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:45:37 / 1:45 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us60008hzl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60008hzl. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.41 km (6 miles).

Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. 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 have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 251 km S of Kangin, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 115.0604° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.1068° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.41 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 251km S of Kangin, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-18 17:45:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-18 18:06:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.9 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 0 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 611 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 2.768 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 25 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 us60008hzl Id of event.
Event Code 60008hzl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60008hzl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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