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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Gorontalo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.4598S, 121.8389WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 170 km NW of Gorontalo, Indonesia (106 miles). Exact location of event, depth 9.596 km, 121.8389° East, 1.4598° North. Event id: us6000rju9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rju9. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.596 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:31:18 / 1:31 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/10/25 / 2025-10-28 01:31:18 / October 28, 2025 @ 1:31 am.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 170 km NW of Gorontalo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.8389° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.4598° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.596 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 170 km NW 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 2025-10-28 01:31:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-28 01:48:14 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 400 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 67 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.112 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us6000rju9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rju9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rju9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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