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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Gorontalo in Indonesia


Earthquake location -0.3142S, 124.4671WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 182 km ESE of Gorontalo, Indonesia (113 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/10/20 / 2020-10-30 13:26:58 / October 30, 2020 @ 1:26 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.21 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:26:58 / 1:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.4671 East, latitude -0.3142 South, depth = 64.21 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000casn. Unique identifier: us7000casn.

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 six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 182 km ESE of Gorontalo, Indonesia. This information 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 124.4671° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.3142° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 182 km ESE of Gorontalo, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-30 13:26:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-28 13:03:46 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 1.842 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us7000casn Id of event.
Event Code 7000casn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000casn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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