Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Ruteng in Indonesia

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Ruteng in Indonesia. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:40:38 / 4:40 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000nj4n. Event ids that are associated: us6000nj4n. Exact location of event, depth 88.047 km, 120.5767° East, -9.1276° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/24 / 2024-08-09 16:40:38 / August 9, 2024 @ 4:40 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 88.047 km (55 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 103 km (64 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Labuhanbajo, Waingapu, Ruteng (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 have been detected nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km SSE of Ruteng, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.5767° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-9.1276° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	88.047 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	58 km SSE of Ruteng, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-09 16:40:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-09 16:57:09	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	65	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.712	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.94 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	45	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	us6000nj4n	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nj4n	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nj4n,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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