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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Manado in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.8743S, 124.161WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Manado in Indonesia on Wednesday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:51:28 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10004fpg. Event ids that are associated: us10004fpg. Exact location, longitude 124.161° East, latitude 1.8743° North, depth = 297.23 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 297.23 km (185 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/01/16 / 2016-01-19 20:51:28 / January 19, 2016 @ 8:51 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomohon, Manado (min 5000 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km WNW of Manado, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.161° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.8743° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 297.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87km WNW of Manado, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-01-19 20:51:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-01-21 17:09:49 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 312 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 3.212 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us10004fpg Id of event.
Event Code 10004fpg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004fpg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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