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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 64 km SSE of Gorontalo, Indonesia

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Earthquake location -0.0212S, 123.2328WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Gorontalo in Indonesia. Event id: us6000nh8l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nh8l. The epicenter was at a depth of 145.689 km (91 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 123.2328 East, latitude -0.0212 South, depth = 145.689 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/08/24 / 2024-08-01 00:00:07 / August 1, 2024 @ 12:00 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 00:00:07 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 64 km SSE of Gorontalo, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.2328° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.0212° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 145.689 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64 km SSE 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 2024-08-01 00:00:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-01 00:12:59 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 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 73 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.697 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us6000nh8l Id of event.
Event Code 6000nh8l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nh8l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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