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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Gorontalo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 3.1781S, 122.6741WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 295 km N of Gorontalo, Indonesia (183 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 14:27:11 / 2:27 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us6000cqs7. Unique identifier: us6000cqs7. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 532.15 km (331 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 122.6741° East, 3.1781° North, depth 532.15 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/11/20 / 2020-11-17 14:27:11 / November 17, 2020 @ 2:27 pm.

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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 295 km N of Gorontalo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.6741° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.1781° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 532.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 295 km N of Gorontalo, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-17 14:27:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-23 15:09:16 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 312 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 2.791 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us6000cqs7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000cqs7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cqs7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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