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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Habibola in Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.1216S, 122.4742WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Habibola in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 122.4742° East, latitude -9.1216° South, depth = 142.29 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:55:05 / 3:55 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000cfsg. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000cfsg. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/02/18 / 2018-02-04 19:55:05 / February 4, 2018 @ 7:55 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 142.29 km (88 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Ende (c. 77 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Maumere (c. 47 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ende, Maumere.

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 twelve 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 42 km SSE of Habibola, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.4742° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.1216° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 142.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km SSE of Habibola, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-04 19:55:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-04 20:08:05 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 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 416 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 0.536 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us1000cfsg Id of event.
Event Code 1000cfsg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000cfsg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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