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Strong earthquake: M6.1 quake has struck near Baubau in Indonesia


Earthquake location -5.9971S, 124.9161WA earthquake magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 262 km ESE of Baubau, Indonesia (163 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 587.533 km (365 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000nhex. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nhex. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 09:28:05 / October 1, 2024 @ 9:28 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.9161 East, latitude -5.9971 South, depth = 587.533 km. The 6.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:28:05 / 9:28 am (local time epicenter).

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 nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 262 km ESE of Baubau, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.9161° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.9971° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 587.533 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 262 km ESE of Baubau, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-01 09:28:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-01 09:45:48 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 2.268 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 572 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 95 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.732 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 23 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 us7000nhex Id of event.
Event Code 7000nhex An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nhex, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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