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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 232 km SW of Biha, Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.8755S, 102.6096WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 232 km SW of Biha, Indonesia (144 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/09/19 / 2019-09-22 22:32:24 / September 22, 2019 @ 10:32 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Biha in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us60005m1i. Ids that are associated to the event: us60005m1i. The temblor was picked up at 05:32:24 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 102.6096° East, -6.8755° South, depth 10 km.

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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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: 232 km SW of Biha, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 102.6096° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.8755° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 232km SW of Biha, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-22 22:32:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-22 23:22:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 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 2.522 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us60005m1i Id of event.
Event Code 60005m1i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60005m1i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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