Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Kota Ternate in Indonesia

A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 140 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (87 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.28 km (4 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:57:08 / 3:57 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 126.5468 East, latitude 1.7546 North, depth = 6.28 km. Id of earthquake: us2000hgp9. Event ids that are associated: us2000hgp9. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/18 / 2018-09-08 19:57:08 / September 8, 2018 @ 7:57 pm.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 140 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.5468° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	1.7546° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.28 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	140km 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	2018-09-08 19:57:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-09-29 05:48:51	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	246	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	1.274	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	172	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	us2000hgp9	Id of event.
Event Code	2000hgp9	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000hgp9,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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