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Major earthquake 7.5 mag, 286 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.6S, 129.1WA major earthquake magnitude 7.5 (ml/mb) strikes 286 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (178 miles) on Monday. Global time and date of event 24/06/19 / 2019-06-24 02:53:40 / June 24, 2019 @ 2:53 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 11:53:40 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 222 km (138 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Saumlaki in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 129.1 East, latitude -6.6 South, depth = 222 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19175001, at00ptl1dg. Id of event: at00ptl1dg.

Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 15 major 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 286 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.1° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.6° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 222 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 286km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-06-24 02:53:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-24 03:06:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 866 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 74 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 28.799997696 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00ptl1dg Id of event.
Event Code 00ptl1dg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19175001,at00ptl1dg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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