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Strong earthquake, 6.2 mag was detected near Fakfak in Indonesia

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -3.3132S, 130.9749WA earthquake with magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 153 km WSW of Fakfak, Indonesia (95 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/05/24 / 2024-05-05 18:33:10 / May 5, 2024 @ 6:33 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.05 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 130.9749° East, -3.3132° South, depth 12.05 km. The 6.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:33:10 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000mwjd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mwjd.

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 153 km WSW of Fakfak, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.9749° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.3132° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.05 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 153 km WSW of Fakfak, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-05 18:33:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-06 18:41:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 6.5 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.147 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 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 593 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 92 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.331 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 us6000mwjd Id of event.
Event Code 6000mwjd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mwjd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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