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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Laiwui in Indonesia


Earthquake location -0.857S, 127.6686WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 54 km N of Laiwui, Indonesia (34 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Laiwui in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000j0f5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j0f5. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:55:38 / 10:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 127.6686 East, latitude -0.857 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 01:55:38 / January 5, 2019 @ 1:55 am.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km N of Laiwui, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.6686° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.857° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54km N of Laiwui, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-05 01:55:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-05 02:14:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 400 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 1.645 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us2000j0f5 Id of event.
Event Code 2000j0f5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j0f5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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