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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Ternate in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.4704S, 126.8301WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 20/11/24 / 2024-11-20 23:06:35 / November 20, 2024 @ 11:06 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77.613 km (48 miles). Exact location of event, depth 77.613 km, 126.8301° East, 0.4704° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:06:35 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nw6a. Unique identifier: us7000nw6a.

Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days fourty-four 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 71 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.8301° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.4704° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.613 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71 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 2024-11-20 23:06:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-17 02:59:03 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 259 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 13 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 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 94 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 us7000nw6a Id of event.
Event Code 7000nw6a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nw6a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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