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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Enarotali in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.695S, 138.2776WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 253 km ENE of Enarotali, Indonesia (157 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Enarotali in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 138.2776° East, latitude -2.695° South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 23/10/19 / 2019-10-23 03:50:44 / October 23, 2019 @ 3:50 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 12:50:44 / 12:50 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70005xic. Event ids that are associated: us70005xic.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 253 km ENE of Enarotali, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 138.2776° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.695° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 253km 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 2019-10-23 03:50:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-23 04:11:38 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 6.233 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 449 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 6.025 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70005xic Id of event.
Event Code 70005xic An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005xic, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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