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Moderate earthquake 5.6 mag, 139 km SSW of Biha, Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.4322S, 103.4243WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 139 km SSW of Biha, Indonesia (86 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 09:49:50 / 9:49 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10003jei. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003jei. Exact location of earthquake, 103.4243° East, -6.4322° South, depth 35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/10/15 / 2015-10-01 02:49:50 / October 1, 2015 @ 2:49 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Biha in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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: 139 km SSW of Biha, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 103.4243° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.4322° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 139km SSW of Biha, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-10-01 02:49:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-10-01 03:06:12 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 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 3.32 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 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 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.729 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165 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 us10003jei Id of event.
Event Code 10003jei An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003jei, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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