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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Bitung in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.5109S, 125.6567WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 116 km SSE of Bitung, Indonesia (72 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.77 km (34 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dqh6. Unique identifier: us1000dqh6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/04/18 / 2018-04-23 04:05:16 / April 23, 2018 @ 4:05 am. Exact location of event, longitude 125.6567 East, latitude 0.5109 North, depth = 54.77 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:05:16 / 12:05 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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: 116 km SSE of Bitung, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.6567° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.5109° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 116km SSE of Bitung, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-23 04:05:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-23 04:19:19 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 400 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 1.729 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us1000dqh6 Id of event.
Event Code 1000dqh6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dqh6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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