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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 128 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.5452S, 126.4984WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 128 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (80 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 126.4984 East, latitude 1.5452 North, depth = 52.21 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52.21 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:47:56 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005kyg. Id of event: us20005kyg. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/04/16 / 2016-04-22 18:47:56 / April 22, 2016 @ 6:47 pm.

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety-five 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.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 128 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.4984° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.5452° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 128km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-04-22 18:47:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-04-22 19:56:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.159 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 us20005kyg Id of event.
Event Code 20005kyg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005kyg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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