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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Ternate in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.1735S, 127.2699WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b215. Id of event: us2000b215. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/09/17 / 2017-09-30 03:20:36 / September 30, 2017 @ 3:20 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 19.67 km, 127.2699° East, 1.1735° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:20:36 / 12:20 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.67 km (12 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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 sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.2699° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.1735° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43km NNW of 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 2017-09-30 03:20:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-27 00:15:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 271 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 0.41 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us2000b215 Id of event.
Event Code 2000b215 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000b215, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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