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Moderate earthquake: M5.3 quake has struck near Ternate in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.5124S, 126.5484WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 122 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia (76 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/24 / 2024-12-14 17:38:16 / December 14, 2024 @ 5:38 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 126.5484° East, 1.5124° North, depth 46.657 km. Id of earthquake: us7000nyw2. Event ids that are associated: us7000nyw2. The temblor was reported at 17:38:16 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.657 km (29 miles).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 122 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.5484° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.5124° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.657 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 122 km NW 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 2024-12-14 17:38:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-14 17:58:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 432 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 120 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.1 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 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 us7000nyw2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nyw2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nyw2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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