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Major earthquake, 7 mag was detected near Abepura in Indonesia

Posted by admin on July 27, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -2.69S, 138.4789WA major earthquake magnitude 7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 234 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (145 miles). The 7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:41:22 / 6:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Abepura in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us200030kn. Event ids that are associated: pt15208054, at00ns61l3, us200030kn. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 21:41:22 / July 27, 2015 @ 9:41 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52.85 km (33 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 138.4789 East, latitude -2.69 South, depth = 52.85 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. Each year there are an estimated 15 major quakes in the world.

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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: 234 km W of Abepura, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 138.4789° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.69° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 234km W of Abepura, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-27 21:41:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-27 21:58:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.5 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 1 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 754 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 ,pt,at,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.226 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 16 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us200030kn Id of event.
Event Code 200030kn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt15208054,at00ns61l3,us200030kn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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