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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Kota Ternate in Indonesia

Posted by admin on October 13, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 0.5009S, 126.9552WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Kota Ternate in Indonesia on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.99 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/18 / 2018-09-16 07:28:06 / September 16, 2018 @ 7:28 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hibs. Unique identifier: us2000hibs. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:28:06 / 3:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.9552 East, latitude 0.5009 North, depth = 56.99 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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. 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: 55 km SW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.9552° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.5009° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.99 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km SW 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 2018-09-16 07:28:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-13 08:49:45 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 298 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 0.491 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us2000hibs Id of event.
Event Code 2000hibs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hibs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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