Strong earthquake 6.8 mag, 205 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia

A earthquake magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 205 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (127 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 129.8613° East, -6.7949° South, depth 107 km. The temblor was detected at 22:53:56 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/05/20 / 2020-05-06 13:53:56 / May 6, 2020 @ 1:53 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 107 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009b14. Id of event: us70009b14.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 205 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	129.8613° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.7949° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	107 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	205km NW 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	2020-05-06 13:53:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-05-06 14:13:43	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	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	711	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	1.85	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.61 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	17	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	us70009b14	Id of event.
Event Code	70009b14	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70009b14,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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