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Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake has struck near Manokwari in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.2086S, 133.6114WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes 129 km NNW of Manokwari, Indonesia (80 miles) on Friday. Exact location, longitude 133.6114° East, latitude 0.2086° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:32:47 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Manokwari in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/03/20 / 2020-03-27 14:32:47 / March 27, 2020 @ 2:32 pm. Event id: us70008h8n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008h8n.

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 three 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. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 129 km NNW of Manokwari, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 133.6114° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.2086° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 129km NNW of Manokwari, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-27 14:32:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-27 14:52:22 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 3.814 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 482 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 3.392 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us70008h8n Id of event.
Event Code 70008h8n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008h8n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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