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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Sibolga in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.9919S, 98.993WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Sibolga in Indonesia on Tuesday. Event id: us1000d3nz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d3nz. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 126.68 km (79 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:33:39 / 11:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 98.993 East, latitude 1.9919 North, depth = 126.68 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sibolga in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/03/18 / 2018-03-13 04:33:39 / March 13, 2018 @ 4:33 am.

The epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Rantauprapat (c. 103 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rantauprapat, Bandar, Padangsidempuan. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 36 km NE of Sibolga, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 98.993° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.9919° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 126.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km NE of Sibolga, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-03-13 04:33:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-13 05:03:12 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 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 385 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 1.573 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us1000d3nz Id of event.
Event Code 1000d3nz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000d3nz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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