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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Tual in Indonesia

Posted by admin on December 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -6.8132S, 130.3503WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia (184 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 21:41:08 / December 17, 2024 @ 9:41 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 130.3503 East, latitude -6.8132 South, depth = 111.434 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111.434 km (69 miles). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:41:08 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nzn6. Id of event: us7000nzn6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 296 km WSW of Tual, 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 130.3503° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.8132° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 111.434 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 296 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-17 21:41:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-17 21:55:48 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 3.619 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 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.319 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us7000nzn6 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nzn6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nzn6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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