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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Kota Ternate in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.9451S, 126.6473WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 151 km NNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (94 miles) on Saturday. Event id: us1000ekdd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ekdd. The temblor was reported at 18:39:55 / 6:39 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.15 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.6473 East, latitude 1.9451 North, depth = 39.15 km. Global time and date of event 02/06/18 / 2018-06-02 10:39:55 / June 2, 2018 @ 10:39 am UTC/GMT.

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 151 km NNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.6473° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.9451° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 151km NNW of Kota 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 2018-06-02 10:39:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-21 10:15:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.369 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us1000ekdd Id of event.
Event Code 1000ekdd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ekdd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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