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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Sinabang in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.8589S, 96.2994WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Sinabang in Indonesia on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000c9du. Unique identifier: us6000c9du. Exact location of earthquake, 96.2994° East, 2.8589° North, depth 12.76 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.76 km (8 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/10/20 / 2020-10-19 09:38:49 / October 19, 2020 @ 9:38 am. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:38:49 / 9:38 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinabang (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Sinabang (c. 15 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 42 km NNW of Sinabang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.2994° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.8589° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 km NNW of Sinabang, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-19 09:38:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-19 09:55:19 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 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 400 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 2.003 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us6000c9du Id of event.
Event Code 6000c9du An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c9du, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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