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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Gorontalo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.2683S, 122.7285WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 194 km N of Gorontalo, Indonesia (121 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 122.7285 East, latitude 2.2683 North, depth = 468.431 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 468.431 km (291 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:08:19 / 4:08 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/09/24 / 2024-09-19 04:08:19 / September 19, 2024 @ 4:08 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000nszk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nszk.

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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 194 km N of Gorontalo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.7285° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.2683° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 468.431 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 194 km N 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 2024-09-19 04:08:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-19 04:23:54 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 312 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.26 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us6000nszk Id of event.
Event Code 6000nszk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nszk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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