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Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag was detected near Kampungbaru in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.4686S, 116.6568WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Kampungbaru in Indonesia on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:16:37 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000gdaz. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000gdaz. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 15:16:37 / August 19, 2018 @ 3:16 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 116.6568° East, -8.4686° South, depth 35 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kampungbaru in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Karangasem, Sumbawa Besar, Mataram (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days sixty-eight and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 3 km NNW of Kampungbaru, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 116.6568° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.4686° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km NNW of Kampungbaru, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-19 15:16:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-19 15:38:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.22 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 536 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 2.477 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 us1000gdaz Id of event.
Event Code 1000gdaz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000gdaz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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