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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Molibagu in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.0947S, 123.6962WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Molibagu in Indonesia on Friday. Exact location, longitude 123.6962° East, latitude 0.0947° North, depth = 135.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:55:54 / 7:55 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000436g. Event ids that are associated: us1000436g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 135.48 km (84 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/12/15 / 2015-12-03 23:55:54 / December 3, 2015 @ 11:55 pm.

The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 45 km SW of Molibagu, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.6962° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.0947° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 135.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45km SW of Molibagu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-12-03 23:55:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-04 00:31:12 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 326 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 3.084 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 us1000436g Id of event.
Event Code 1000436g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000436g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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