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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Enarotali in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.6954S, 138.2085WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 246 km ENE of Enarotali, Indonesia (153 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us700045wd. Unique identifier: us700045wd. Exact location of earthquake, 138.2085° East, -2.6954° South, depth 19.8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.8 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Enarotali in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/19 / 2019-06-27 12:48:36 / June 27, 2019 @ 12:48 pm. The temblor was picked up at 21:48:36 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 246 km ENE of Enarotali, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 138.2085° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.6954° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 246km ENE of Enarotali, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-06-27 12:48:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-27 13:20:53 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 5.956 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us700045wd Id of event.
Event Code 700045wd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700045wd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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