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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Sikabaluan in Indonesia


Earthquake location -0.8542S, 97.9753WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 116 km WNW of Sikabaluan, Indonesia (72 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Sikabaluan in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/11/19 / 2019-11-24 01:08:29 / November 24, 2019 @ 1:08 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.76 km (16 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:08:29 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 97.9753° East, -0.8542° South, depth 25.76 km. Id of earthquake: us70006eie. Event ids that are associated: us70006eie.

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

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 116 km WNW of Sikabaluan, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 97.9753° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.8542° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 116km WNW of Sikabaluan, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-24 01:08:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-05 23:00:09 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 385 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 3.649 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us70006eie Id of event.
Event Code 70006eie An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006eie, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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