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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Kota Ternate in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.3614S, 127.0746WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia. Event id: us1000hea2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hea2. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 128.18 km (80 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:29:43 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/10/18 / 2018-10-18 20:29:43 / October 18, 2018 @ 8:29 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.0746 East, latitude 1.3614 North, depth = 128.18 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate. The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km NNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.0746° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.3614° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 128.18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71km NNW 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 2018-10-18 20:29:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-25 18:10:08 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 298 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 0.654 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 139 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 us1000hea2 Id of event.
Event Code 1000hea2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hea2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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