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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Kendari in Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.9743S, 121.8659WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Kendari in Indonesia on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 00:50:41 / 12:50 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/01/25 / 2025-01-29 00:50:41 / January 29, 2025 @ 12:50 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p9qm. Unique identifier: us7000p9qm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.283 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.8659 East, latitude -3.9743 South, depth = 9.283 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Kendari (c. 195 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kendari (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 72 km W of Kendari, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.8659° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.9743° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.283 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 km W of Kendari, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-29 00:50:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-29 01:06:58 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 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.276 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 us7000p9qm Id of event.
Event Code 7000p9qm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p9qm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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