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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near Laiwui in Indonesia


Earthquake location -1.1955S, 126.5036WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 130 km W of Laiwui, Indonesia (81 miles) on Monday. Exact location, longitude 126.5036° East, latitude -1.1955° South, depth = 38.07 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Laiwui in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.07 km (24 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/03/20 / 2020-03-16 10:59:12 / March 16, 2020 @ 10:59 am. The temblor was reported at 18:59:12 / 6:59 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us60008ggb. Unique identifier: us60008ggb.

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 130 km W of Laiwui, Indonesia. This data 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 126.5036° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.1955° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 130km W of Laiwui, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-16 10:59:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-16 11:18:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 2.136 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 79 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 us60008ggb Id of event.
Event Code 60008ggb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60008ggb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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