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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Kon Tum in Vietnam


Earthquake location 14.7827S, 108.2426WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Kon Tum in Vietnam on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.486 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000ngfw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ngfw. Exact location of event, longitude 108.2426 East, latitude 14.7827 North, depth = 4.486 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:35:11 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/24 / 2024-07-28 04:35:11 / July 28, 2024 @ 4:35 am. 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 Pleiku, Tam Kỳ, Quảng Ngãi. Nearby country/countries, Vietnam (c. 89 571 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Pleiku (c. 114 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Tam Kỳ (c. 59 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Kon Tum (c. 47 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Quảng Ngãi (c. 33 000 pop).

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 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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: 53 km NNE of Kon Tum, Vietnam. 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 108.2426° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.7827° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.486 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53 km NNE of Kon Tum, Vietnam 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 04:35:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-28 04:50:29 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 3.8 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 401 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 78 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.554 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 us6000ngfw Id of event.
Event Code 6000ngfw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ngfw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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