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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Sindanglaut in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.9913S, 106.1979WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Sindanglaut in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sindanglaut in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/07/19 / 2019-07-28 14:25:02 / July 28, 2019 @ 2:25 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 106.1979 East, latitude -6.9913 South, depth = 58.17 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:25:02 / 9:25 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 58.17 km (36 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004wrw. Id of event: us60004wrw.

Event epicenter was 102 km (64 miles) from Tangerang (c. 1 372 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from South Tangerang (c. 1 303 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Depok (c. 1 198 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bogor (c. 800 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Sukabumi (c. 276 400 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Ciputat (c. 207 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ciampea (c. 207 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sepatan, Tangerang, Ciputat (min 5000 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 8 km SW of Sindanglaut, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 106.1979° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.9913° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.17 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km SW of Sindanglaut, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-28 14:25:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-28 14:56:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 401 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 4.152 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us60004wrw Id of event.
Event Code 60004wrw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60004wrw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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