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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Ternate in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.4279S, 127.3119WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 01:43:24 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 147.01 km (91 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 127.3119° East, 1.4279° North, depth 147.01 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000jbvq. Event ids that are associated: us1000jbvq. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/02/19 / 2019-02-25 16:43:24 / February 25, 2019 @ 4:43 pm.

Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo, 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 three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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: 70 km N of Ternate, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.3119° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.4279° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 147.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70km N 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 2019-02-25 16:43:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-10 17:11:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 271 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 0.654 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 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 us1000jbvq Id of event.
Event Code 1000jbvq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000jbvq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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