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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Kota Ternate in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.6099S, 126.5746WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 126 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia (78 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 126.5746 East, latitude 1.6099 North, depth = 43.04 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/11/19 / 2019-11-14 18:40:45 / November 14, 2019 @ 6:40 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70006b46. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006b46. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:40:45 / 2:40 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 43.04 km (27 miles).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and two, in the last 10 days one hundred and six, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 126 km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. This data 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 126.5746° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.6099° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 126km NW 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 2019-11-14 18:40:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-04 21:38:26 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 1.149 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 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 us70006b46 Id of event.
Event Code 70006b46 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006b46, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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