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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Ternate in Indonesia

Posted by admin on December 6, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 0.4819S, 126.7801WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 72.678 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 18:36:55 / 6:36 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nvp3. Event ids that are associated: us7000nvp3. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/11/24 / 2024-11-17 18:36:55 / November 17, 2024 @ 6:36 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 126.7801 East, latitude 0.4819 North, depth = 72.678 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7801° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.4819° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72.678 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75 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 2024-11-17 18:36:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-06 19:26:34 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 271 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.653 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 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 us7000nvp3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nvp3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nvp3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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