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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Ambon in Indonesia

Posted by admin on December 27, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -6.282S, 128.5871WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 289 km S of Ambon, Indonesia (180 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 18:52:57 / December 27, 2024 @ 6:52 pm. The temblor was detected at 18:52:57 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 319.518 km (199 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.5871 East, latitude -6.282 South, depth = 319.518 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000pfz2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pfz2.

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 289 km S of Ambon, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.5871° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.282° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 319.518 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 289 km S of Ambon, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-27 18:52:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-27 19:10:54 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 312 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 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.185 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 82 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 us6000pfz2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pfz2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pfz2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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