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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Amahai in Indonesia

Posted by admin on September 21, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -5.0024S, 129.9207WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 214 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia (133 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 119.626 km (74 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 129.9207 East, latitude -5.0024 South, depth = 119.626 km. Unique identifier: us6000nt2p. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nt2p. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 06:40:58 / September 17, 2024 @ 6:40 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:40:58 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 214 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.9207° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.0024° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 119.626 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 214 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-17 06:40:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-21 09:06:22 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.477 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 186 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 us6000nt2p Id of event.
Event Code 6000nt2p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nt2p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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