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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Banda Sea


Earthquake location -6.3695S, 129.9492WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, Banda Sea (0 miles). Event id: us6000ngha. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ngha. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/07/24 / 2024-07-28 11:20:31 / July 28, 2024 @ 11:20 am. Exact location of earthquake, 129.9492° East, -6.3695° South, depth 135.377 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 135.377 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:20:31 / 11:20 am (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Banda Sea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.9492° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.3695° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 135.377 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Banda Sea Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-28 11:20:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-28 11:39:37 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 400 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 70 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.835 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 us6000ngha Id of event.
Event Code 6000ngha An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ngha, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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