Early-est:     Flores Region, Indonesia    2026.08.14-21:58:23.47    q:A      mb:5.8    Mwp:7.4*    Mwpd:7.6    Td*T50Ex:12.1     fmamp_polarity:./hypo.1786744699038.mech.fmamp_polarity.thumb.jpg     fmamp_polarity_waveform:./hypo.1786744699038.mech.fmamp_polarity_waveform.thumb.jpg     hash:./hypo.1786744699038.mech.hash.thumb.jpg

Automatic solution - this event has not been reviewed by a seismologist
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Earthquake Details:
Magnitude: mb: 5.8 [91]    Mwp: 7.4* [88]    Mwpd: 7.6 [90]
Region: Flores Region, Indonesia
Origin Time: 2026.08.14-21:58:23.47 UTC
Hypocenter: lat: -8.37°  lon: 121.34°  [+/-18km]    depth: 18km  [+/-20km]
Location Quality: qualityCode:  A     stdErr: 1.4s   assocPhases: 385   usedPhases: 133
minDist: 0.9°   maxDist: 159.1°   AzGap: 32°   2ndAzGap: 36°   atten: -1.44 [+/-0.15]
Location Uncertainty: 68%ConfEllipse:   minHorUnc: 16km   maxHorUnc: 18km   azMaxHorUnc: 37°
68%ConfEllipsoid:   semiMajorAxisLength: 22km   majorAxisAzimuth: 73°   majorAxisPlunge: 34°   semiIntermediateAxisLength: 22km   intermediateAxisAzimuth: 185°   intermediateAxisPlunge: 29°   semiMinorAxisLength: 16km
Tsunamigeneic Assesment:
Discriminants: Prob Underwater: >99%
T50Ex: 1.4 [92]    Td: 8.9s [35]    Td*T50Ex: 12.1 [35]    To: 88.9s [92]
Closest plate boundaries:
   Banda Sea - Timor [oceanic convergent boundary]: distance: ~40km
   Sunda - Timor [continental transform fault]: distance: ~80km
   Banda Sea - Sunda [continental transform fault]: distance: ~110km
Subduction geometry:    Zone: Sumatra-Java: DEBUG: error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gmt'    Slab depth at epicenter: error: evaluating slab depth: -999.9
Decision table (TEST!):
Event type: Subduction Zone Other Thrust/Normal Strike-slip
Compatible close plate boundary?:
 no
 YES (40km)
 no
Prob underwater:
 >99%
 >99%
 >99%
Td*T50Ex:
   12.1
   12.1
   12.1
Td*To:
     791.2
     791.2
     791.2
Mwp magnitude:
       7.4*
       7.4*
       7.4*
Hypocenter depth:
       18km
       18km
       18km
Slab depth at epicenter:
       n/a
       -
       -
Tsunami and Rupture predictions (TEST!): No prediction: Event too small (Mwp<7.0) or too few Mwp readings (N<20)
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First-motion Focal Mechanism (FMAMP_POLARITY):
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 266°   dip: 53°   rake: 47°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 143°   dip: 54°   rake: 131°
Quality: azimuthalGap: -1°   stationPolarityCount: 100   misfitWeightCount: 25.1   misfit: 0.11   stationDistributionRatio: 0.60   meanDistP: 18.2   meanDistT: 19.5   qualityCode: B
Method: methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_polarity
./hypo.1786744699038.mech.fmamp_polarity.mechanism.jpg
First-motion Focal Mechanism (FMAMP_POLARITY_WAVEFORM):    (Warning: Unreliable solution, qualityCode=C)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 270°   dip: 54°   rake: 43°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 151°   dip: 57°   rake: 135°
Quality: azimuthalGap: -1°   stationPolarityCount: 34   misfitWeightCount: 10.7   misfit: 0.01   stationDistributionRatio: 0.40   meanDistP: 36.5   meanDistT: 43.3   qualityCode: C
Method: methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_polarity_waveform
./hypo.1786744699038.mech.fmamp_polarity_waveform.mechanism.jpg
First-motion Focal Mechanism (HASH):    (Warning: Unreliable solution, qualityCode=C)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 134°   dip: 50°   rake: 123°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 268°   dip: 50°   rake: 57°
Quality: azimuthalGap: 31°   stationPolarityCount: 100   misfit: 0.16   stationDistributionRatio: 0.67   rmsAngDiffAccPref: 32.22   fracAcc30degPref: 0.69   qualityCode: C
Method: methodID: smi:gov.usgs/focalmec/HASH_1.2
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Event ID: smi:alomax.net_BETA/author/ee/event/1786744699038
Event info last updated: 2026.08.14-22:57:03 UTC
Event first association/location: 2026.08.14-22:00:01 UTC
Software: Early-est 1.2.10 (2024.02.23)
Agency: alomax.net_BETA