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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 80 km S of Gorontalo, Indonesia


Earthquake location -0.1889S, 123.0381WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Gorontalo in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us6000d286. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000d286. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 68.71 km (43 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/20 / 2020-12-20 22:13:50 / December 20, 2020 @ 10:13 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 123.0381° East, -0.1889° South, depth 68.71 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:13:50 / 10:13 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luwuk, Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop).

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

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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: 80 km S of Gorontalo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.0381° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.1889° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 80 km S 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 2020-12-20 22:13:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-05 05:02:12 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 259 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 0.888 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us6000d286 Id of event.
Event Code 6000d286 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d286, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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