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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Amahai in Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.3209S, 130.9082WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 221 km E of Amahai, Indonesia (137 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, 130.9082° East, -3.3209° South, depth 7.91 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/03/18 / 2018-03-08 03:51:07 / March 8, 2018 @ 3:51 am. Event id: us1000d19r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d19r. The temblor was detected at 12:51:07 / 12:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.91 km (5 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Amahai in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 221 km E of Amahai, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.9082° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.3209° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 221km E of Amahai, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-03-08 03:51:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-08 04:06:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 4.85 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 500 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 1.396 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us1000d19r Id of event.
Event Code 1000d19r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000d19r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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