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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Obelobel in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.2712S, 116.5021WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Obelobel in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.5021 East, latitude -8.2712 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000ggcj. Event ids that are associated: us2000ggcj. A tsunami warning has been issued near Obelobel in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 23:06:49 / July 28, 2018 @ 11:06 pm. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:06:49 / 7:06 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar, Karangasem, Mataram.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km W of Obelobel, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 116.5021° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.2712° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km W of Obelobel, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-28 23:06:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-28 23:39:23 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 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 449 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 2.333 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 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 us2000ggcj Id of event.
Event Code 2000ggcj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ggcj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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