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Strong earthquake: M6.1 quake has struck near Banjar in Indonesia

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -8.0327S, 107.2749WA earthquake magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Banjar in Indonesia. The 6.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:29:50 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000muc0. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000muc0. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.568 km (38 miles). Global time and date of event 27/04/24 / 2024-04-27 16:29:50 / April 27, 2024 @ 4:29 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 107.2749° East, -8.0327° South, depth 61.568 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wanaraja, Margahayukencana, Singaparna. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 115 km (72 miles) from Banjaran (c. 165 000 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Soreang (c. 150 900 pop), 117 km (72 miles) from Paseh (c. 126 200 pop), 122 km (76 miles) from Margahayukencana (c. 83 100 pop), 119 km (74 miles) from Singaparna (c. 48 900 pop), 118 km (74 miles) from Pameungpeuk (c. 48 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Banjar (c. 37 300 pop), 123 km (76 miles) from Wanaraja (c. 26 200 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 94 km S of Banjar, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 107.2749° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.0327° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.568 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 94 km S of Banjar, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-27 16:29:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-10 14:11:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 106 The total number of felt reports
CDI 7.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.668 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 654 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 233 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.678 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 18 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 us6000muc0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000muc0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000muc0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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