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Strong earthquake, 6.3 mag strikes near Kota Ternate in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.295S, 126.3547WA earthquake magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) strikes 126 kilometers (78 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.3547 East, latitude 1.295 North, depth = 38.31 km. The 6.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:15:16 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/06/16 / 2016-06-07 19:15:16 / June 7, 2016 @ 7:15 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.31 km (24 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pt16159052, us200062l9, at00o8f1hg. Unique identifier: us200062l9. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kota Ternate in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 127 km (79 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 126 km WNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.3547° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.295° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 126km WNW 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 2016-06-07 19:15:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-07 19:35:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.9 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 1 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 611 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 ,pt,us,at, 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 1.137 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 22 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us200062l9 Id of event.
Event Code 200062l9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt16159052,us200062l9,at00o8f1hg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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