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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Palue in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.0734S, 123.2068WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 163 km NNE of Palue, Indonesia (101 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 123.2068 East, latitude -7.0734 South, depth = 628.97 km. Event id: us1000eiiy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eiiy. The temblor was picked up at 02:24:37 / 2:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 628.97 km (391 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/06/18 / 2018-06-04 18:24:37 / June 4, 2018 @ 6:24 pm UTC/GMT.

Every 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 one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 163 km NNE of Palue, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.2068° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.0734° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 628.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 163km NNE of Palue, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-04 18:24:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-04 18:39:35 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 432 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 1.825 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 43 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 us1000eiiy Id of event.
Event Code 1000eiiy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000eiiy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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