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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near Masamba in Indonesia

Posted by admin on July 14, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -2.0652S, 120.7166WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Masamba in Indonesia on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 120.7166 East, latitude -2.0652 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/07/25 / 2025-07-14 12:52:18 / July 14, 2025 @ 12:52 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us7000qcky. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qcky. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:52:18 / 12:52 pm (local time epicenter). 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 Poso (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop).

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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 69 km NE of Masamba, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.7166° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.0652° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km NE of Masamba, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-14 12:52:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-14 13:11:39 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 0.608 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 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 us7000qcky Id of event.
Event Code 7000qcky An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qcky, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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