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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Ternate in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.1585S, 127.5765WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 125.23 km (78 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:03:55 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d24j. Id of event: us7000d24j. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/21 / 2021-01-13 12:03:55 / January 13, 2021 @ 12:03 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 125.23 km, 127.5765° East, 1.1585° North.

Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 80 km (49 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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 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: 45 km NNE of Ternate, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.5765° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.1585° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 125.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km NNE 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 2021-01-13 12:03:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-06 13:39:12 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 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 0.437 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us7000d24j Id of event.
Event Code 7000d24j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d24j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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