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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Ternate in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.416S, 127.4231WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Friday. Id of earthquake: us7000468p. Event ids that are associated: us7000468p. Exact location of event, longitude 127.4231 East, latitude 1.416 North, depth = 162.89 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:24:33 / 5:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/19 / 2019-06-27 20:24:33 / June 27, 2019 @ 8:24 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 162.89 km (101 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Tobelo, Ternate (min 5000 pop).

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km N of Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.4231° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.416° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 162.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km 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 2019-06-27 20:24:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-27 20:41:46 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 369 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 0.642 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000468p Id of event.
Event Code 7000468p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000468p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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