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


Earthquake location 0.4987S, 126.744WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 126.744 East, latitude 0.4987 North, depth = 68.067 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 68.067 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 13:47:39 / September 16, 2024 @ 1:47 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:47:39 / 1:47 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ng9c. Id of event: us7000ng9c. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 78 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.744° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.4987° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.067 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78 km WSW 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 2024-09-16 13:47:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-26 15:05:15 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.679 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 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 us7000ng9c Id of event.
Event Code 7000ng9c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ng9c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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