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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Gorontalo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 0.6925S, 121.5159WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 173 km W of Gorontalo, Indonesia (107 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000pyy2. Event ids that are associated: us7000pyy2. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/05/25 / 2025-05-13 05:41:10 / May 13, 2025 @ 5:41 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100.046 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:41:10 / 5:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 121.5159° East, latitude 0.6925° North, depth = 100.046 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 173 km W of Gorontalo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.5159° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 0.6925° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 100.046 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 173 km W 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 2025-05-13 05:41:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-13 05:57:32 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 298 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.844 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us7000pyy2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pyy2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pyy2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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