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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near Luwuk in Indonesia

Posted by admin on December 6, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -0.6889S, 123.7047WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 106 kilometers (66 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia on Thursday. Global time and date of event 06/12/17 / 2017-12-06 16:06:58 / December 6, 2017 @ 4:06 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:06:58 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Luwuk in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 43.31 km (27 miles). Event id: us1000bms0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bms0. Exact location of earthquake, 123.7047° East, -0.6889° South, depth 43.31 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luwuk (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 106 km (66 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 106 km ENE of Luwuk, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.7047° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.6889° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 106km ENE of Luwuk, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-06 16:06:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-06 16:26:59 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 4.02 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 465 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 0.996 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 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 us1000bms0 Id of event.
Event Code 1000bms0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bms0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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