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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near Meulaboh in Indonesia

Posted by admin on September 13, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 4.2268S, 96.7017WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.7017 East, latitude 4.2268 North, depth = 131.31 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/09/20 / 2020-09-13 18:28:52 / September 13, 2020 @ 6:28 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000bmra. Event ids that are associated: us7000bmra. The temblor was reported at 18:28:52 / 6:28 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 131.31 km (82 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Meulaboh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 64 km E of Meulaboh, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.7017° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.2268° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 131.31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64 km E of Meulaboh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-13 18:28:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-13 18:45:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 385 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 1.025 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us7000bmra Id of event.
Event Code 7000bmra An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bmra, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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