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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Abepura in Indonesia

Posted by admin on August 14, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -1.9946S, 139.0202WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 191 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia (119 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/08/25 / 2025-08-14 06:48:13 / August 14, 2025 @ 6:48 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.958 km (16 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 139.0202° East, -1.9946° South, depth 25.958 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:48:13 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000r0lp. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r0lp.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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: 191 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 139.0202° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.9946° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.958 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 191 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-14 06:48:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-14 07:05:07 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.03 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 28 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000r0lp Id of event.
Event Code 6000r0lp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r0lp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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