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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Gorontalo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.4903S, 122.2921WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Gorontalo in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 07:10:38 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nhe1. Id of event: us7000nhe1. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 07:10:38 / October 1, 2024 @ 7:10 am. 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 121.587 km (76 miles). Exact location of event, depth 121.587 km, 122.2921° East, 0.4903° North.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo. The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 85 km W of Gorontalo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.2921° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.4903° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 121.587 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85 km W 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 2024-10-01 07:10:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-01 07:28:26 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 385 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.596 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 us7000nhe1 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nhe1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nhe1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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