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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Sungai Penuh in Indonesia

Posted by admin on November 7, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -3.2733S, 100.4042WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 173 km SW of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia (107 miles) on Saturday. Unique identifier: us6000cbc9. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000cbc9. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:56:23 / 5:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 100.4042 East, latitude -3.2733 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/10/20 / 2020-10-17 17:56:23 / October 17, 2020 @ 5:56 pm.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 173 km SW of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 100.4042° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.2733° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 173 km SW of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-17 17:56:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-07 22:28:30 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 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 2.765 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000cbc9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000cbc9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cbc9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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