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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Gorontalo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.1685S, 121.7549WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 231 km NW of Gorontalo, Indonesia (144 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 121.7549 East, latitude 2.1685 North, depth = 557.563 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 557.563 km (346 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/10/24 / 2024-10-26 15:52:03 / October 26, 2024 @ 3:52 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:52:03 / 3:52 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnck. Unique identifier: us7000nnck.

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

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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: 231 km NW of Gorontalo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.7549° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.1685° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 557.563 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 231 km NW 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 2024-10-26 15:52:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-26 16:13:23 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 326 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.432 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us7000nnck Id of event.
Event Code 7000nnck An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nnck, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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