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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Luwuk in Indonesia

Posted by admin on March 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -0.2579S, 122.974WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 84.138 km, 122.974° East, -0.2579° South. The temblor was detected at 19:17:58 / 7:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/03/25 / 2025-03-18 19:17:58 / March 18, 2025 @ 7:17 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000pzmn. Event ids that are associated: us6000pzmn. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 84.138 km (52 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (56 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo, Luwuk (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 79 km NNE of Luwuk, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.974° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.2579° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 84.138 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79 km NNE of Luwuk, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-18 19:17:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-18 20:03:04 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 326 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 70 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.805 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 us6000pzmn Id of event.
Event Code 6000pzmn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pzmn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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