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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Padangsidempuan in Indonesia

Posted by admin on February 15, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 0.9863S, 98.8159WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia on Monday. 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: 15/02/21 / 2021-02-15 04:57:13 / February 15, 2021 @ 4:57 am. Exact location of event, depth 69.07 km, 98.8159° East, 0.9863° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.07 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000dhqv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dhqv. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:57:13 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sibolga, Padangsidempuan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 66 km SW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 98.8159° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.9863° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km SW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-15 04:57:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-15 05:07:39 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 1.279 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us6000dhqv Id of event.
Event Code 6000dhqv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dhqv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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