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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Ternate in Indonesia

Posted by admin on May 12, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 1.4139S, 127.0956WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/25 / 2025-04-17 00:08:08 / April 17, 2025 @ 12:08 am. The temblor was reported at 00:08:08 / 12:08 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 130.391 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 127.0956 East, latitude 1.4139 North, depth = 130.391 km. Event id: us7000pwlr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pwlr.

Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was 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 eight, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 76 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.0956° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.4139° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 130.391 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76 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 2025-04-17 00:08:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-12 00:57:22 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 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.693 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165 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 us7000pwlr Id of event.
Event Code 7000pwlr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pwlr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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