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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Ternate in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.1262S, 126.3426WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 121 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia (75 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 36.964 km, 126.3426° East, 1.1262° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.964 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000nwza. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nwza. The temblor was picked up at 02:44:29 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/24 / 2024-12-08 02:44:29 / December 8, 2024 @ 2:44 am UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 121 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.3426° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.1262° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.964 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 121 km WNW 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 2024-12-08 02:44:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-08 03:08:12 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.083 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 us7000nwza Id of event.
Event Code 7000nwza An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nwza, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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