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Moderate earthquake: M5.5 quake has struck near Ternate in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.6303S, 127.1469WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pbdp. Id of event: us7000pbdp. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 03:12:30 / February 5, 2025 @ 3:12 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 03:12:30 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 98.862 km, 127.1469° East, 1.6303° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 98.862 km (61 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate, Tobelo.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 96 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.1469° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.6303° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98.862 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 96 km NNW 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 2025-02-05 03:12:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-05 03:24:38 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 465 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 85 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.881 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pbdp Id of event.
Event Code 7000pbdp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pbdp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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