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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Ternate in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.4862S, 126.6431WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 126.6431° East, latitude 0.4862° North, depth = 59.641 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.641 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 22:40:15 / 10:40 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000p71r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000p71r. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/11/24 / 2024-11-06 22:40:15 / November 6, 2024 @ 10:40 pm UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ternate (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.6431° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.4862° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.641 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 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 2024-11-06 22:40:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-28 05:59:04 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 284 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.777 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us6000p71r Id of event.
Event Code 6000p71r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p71r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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