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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Ternate in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.8118S, 126.1182WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 140 km W of Ternate, Indonesia (87 miles) on Thursday. Unique identifier: us6000a5zk. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a5zk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 126.1182° East, 0.8118° North, depth 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:19:40 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/05/20 / 2020-05-28 01:19:40 / May 28, 2020 @ 1:19 am.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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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 W of Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.1182° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.8118° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 140 km W 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 2020-05-28 01:19:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-12 00:22:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 1.249 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 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 mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000a5zk Id of event.
Event Code 6000a5zk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a5zk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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