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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Amahai in Indonesia

Posted by admin on December 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -3.8301S, 129.3136WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 129.3136° East, latitude -3.8301° South, depth = 27.633 km. Global time and date of event 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 10:14:44 / December 16, 2024 @ 10:14 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.633 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nz8f. Id of event: us7000nz8f. The temblor was detected at 10:14:44 / 10:14 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop).

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

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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: 69 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.3136° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.8301° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.633 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km SE 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 2024-12-16 10:14:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-16 10:34:52 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 4.075 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 449 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 87 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.906 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41 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 us7000nz8f Id of event.
Event Code 7000nz8f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nz8f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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