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Moderate earthquake: M5.5 quake has struck near Gorontalo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.5555S, 121.2091WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 234 km WNW of Gorontalo, Indonesia (145 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:14:57 / 5:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nwmn. Id of event: us7000nwmn. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.625 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 12.625 km, 121.2091° East, 1.5555° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 17:14:57 / December 6, 2024 @ 5:14 pm.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.2091° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.5555° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.625 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 234 km WNW 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 2024-12-06 17:14:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-06 17:36:19 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 5.095 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 465 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 156 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.614 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 28 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nwmn Id of event.
Event Code 7000nwmn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nwmn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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