Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Kawalu in Indonesia

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 224 km SSW of Kawalu, Indonesia (139 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 107.723 East, latitude -9.3494 South, depth = 17.378 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 17.378 km (11 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000nk43. Event ids that are associated: us6000nk43. The temblor was detected at 16:46:41 / 4:46 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/08/24 / 2024-08-14 16:46:41 / August 14, 2024 @ 4:46 pm.

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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 224 km SSW of Kawalu, Indonesia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	107.723° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-9.3494° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17.378 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	224 km SSW of Kawalu, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-14 16:46:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-14 17:07:52	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	75	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.876	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.72 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	65	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000nk43	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nk43	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nk43,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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