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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Saumlaki in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.4076S, 129.1891WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 290 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (180 miles) on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006uxt. Id of event: us70006uxt. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 129.1891 East, latitude -6.4076 South, depth = 206.53 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/20 / 2020-01-05 07:45:47 / January 5, 2020 @ 7:45 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 206.53 km (128 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:45:47 / 4:45 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 290 km NW of Saumlaki, 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 129.1891° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.4076° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 206.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 290km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-05 07:45:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-05 08:00:44 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 0 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 2.613 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 us70006uxt Id of event.
Event Code 70006uxt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006uxt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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