Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag strikes near Tual in Indonesia

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 227 km W of Tual, Indonesia (141 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 151.374 km (94 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/02/25 / 2025-02-28 21:58:41 / February 28, 2025 @ 9:58 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000pw69. Event ids that are associated: us6000pw69. Exact location of earthquake, 130.7184° East, -5.9369° South, depth 151.374 km. The temblor was reported at 21:58:41 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 227 km W of Tual, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	130.7184° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-5.9369° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	151.374 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	227 km W 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	2025-02-28 21:58:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-28 22:16:30	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	482	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	96	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.622	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.07 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	17	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	us6000pw69	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pw69	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pw69,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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