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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Molobulahe in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.7966S, 122.5437WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Molobulahe in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.88 km (43 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000hibl. Event ids that are associated: us2000hibl. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/09/18 / 2018-09-16 03:42:53 / September 16, 2018 @ 3:42 am. Exact location of event, longitude 122.5437 East, latitude 0.7966 North, depth = 69.88 km. The temblor was reported at 11:42:53 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km N of Molobulahe, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.5437° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.7966° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.88 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km N of Molobulahe, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-16 03:42:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-03 04:36:06 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 284 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 1.789 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us2000hibl Id of event.
Event Code 2000hibl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hibl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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