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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Boyolangu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -10.2457S, 111.4062WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 241 km SSW of Boyolangu, Indonesia (150 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.669 km (7 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:53:58 / 7:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 111.4062 East, latitude -10.2457 South, depth = 11.669 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n1bz. Unique identifier: us6000n1bz. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 19:53:58 / May 27, 2024 @ 7:53 pm.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 241 km SSW of Boyolangu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 111.4062° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.2457° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.669 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 241 km SSW of Boyolangu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-27 19:53:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-27 20:13:14 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 61 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.233 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42 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 us6000n1bz Id of event.
Event Code 6000n1bz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n1bz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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