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Strong earthquake, 6.3 mag has occurred near Sembalunlawang in Indonesia

Posted by admin on August 19, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -8.3246S, 116.5765WA earthquake with magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Sembalunlawang in Indonesia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sembalunlawang in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000gcvr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gcvr. Exact location of event, depth 7.91 km, 116.5765° East, -8.3246° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 04:10:21 / August 19, 2018 @ 4:10 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.91 km (5 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:10:21 / 12:10 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Karangasem, Sumbawa Besar, Mataram (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km NE of Sembalunlawang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 116.5765° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.3246° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km NE of Sembalunlawang, 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 04:10:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-19 04:30:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 13 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 615 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 2.403 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 27 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 us1000gcvr Id of event.
Event Code 1000gcvr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000gcvr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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