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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Ternate in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.4487S, 127.3026WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/05/18 / 2018-05-09 00:59:53 / May 9, 2018 @ 12:59 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.3026 East, latitude 1.4487 North, depth = 110.36 km. The temblor was detected at 08:59:53 / 8:59 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 110.36 km (69 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e5gm. Unique identifier: us1000e5gm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo, Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 84 km (53 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 72 km N of Ternate, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.3026° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.4487° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 110.36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72km N 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 2018-05-09 00:59:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-22 02:05:41 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 259 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 0.675 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 191 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 us1000e5gm Id of event.
Event Code 1000e5gm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e5gm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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