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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 257 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.138S, 129.1327WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 257 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (160 miles) on Saturday. Exact location, longitude 129.1327° East, latitude -7.138° South, depth = 127.76 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 127.76 km (79 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/05/20 / 2020-05-23 00:13:38 / May 23, 2020 @ 12:13 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us70009nva. Unique identifier: us70009nva. A tsunami warning has been issued near Saumlaki in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:13:38 / 9:13 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 257 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.1327° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.138° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 127.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 257km WNW 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 2020-05-23 00:13:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-23 00:41:12 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 432 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 2.305 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 16 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 us70009nva Id of event.
Event Code 70009nva An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70009nva, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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