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Strong earthquake, 6.9 mag was detected near Bengkulu in Indonesia

Posted by admin on August 18, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -4.2791S, 101.2154WA earthquake magnitude 6.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 128 kilometers (80 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 101.2154 East, latitude -4.2791 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000bgvu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000bgvu. The 6.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:29:22 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/08/20 / 2020-08-18 22:29:22 / August 18, 2020 @ 10:29 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bengkulu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 128 km (80 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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: 128 km WSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 101.2154° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.2791° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 128 km WSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-18 22:29:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-18 22:57:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 4.272 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 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 732 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 1.737 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 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 us6000bgvu Id of event.
Event Code 6000bgvu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bgvu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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