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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Bengkulu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.5645S, 101.474WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.6 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000i53x. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000i53x. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/18 / 2018-12-08 17:45:52 / December 8, 2018 @ 5:45 pm. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:45:52 / 12:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 101.474° East, latitude -3.5645° South, depth = 46.6 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Bengkulu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bengkulu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 91 km WNW of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 101.474° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.5645° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91km WNW of Bengkulu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-08 17:45:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-08 18:00:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 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 416 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 1.676 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us1000i53x Id of event.
Event Code 1000i53x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000i53x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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