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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Meulaboh in Indonesia


Earthquake location 3.9106S, 95.8814WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 15:39:09 / 3:39 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.14 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/01/19 / 2019-01-09 09:39:09 / January 9, 2019 @ 9:39 am. Exact location of event, depth 53.14 km, 95.8814° East, 3.9106° North. Id of earthquake: us2000j1tl. Event ids that are associated: us2000j1tl.

Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Meulaboh. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 37 km SW of Meulaboh, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.8814° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.9106° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 53.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km SW of Meulaboh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-09 09:39:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-09 09:56:12 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 360 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 0 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 1.686 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 92 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 us2000j1tl Id of event.
Event Code 2000j1tl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j1tl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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