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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 83 km W of Naisano Dua, Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.6257S, 123.0085WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia on Monday. Exact location, longitude 123.0085° East, latitude -9.6257° South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/17 / 2017-12-04 11:52:23 / December 4, 2017 @ 11:52 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Naisano Dua in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:52:23 / 7:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bkwg. Id of event: us1000bkwg.

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kupang. The epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 83 km W of Naisano Dua, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.0085° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.6257° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83km W of Naisano Dua, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-04 11:52:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-04 12:11:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 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 432 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 5.605 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us1000bkwg Id of event.
Event Code 1000bkwg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bkwg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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