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Earthquake: M 6.6 quake strikes near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.249S, 126.849WA earthquake magnitude 6.6 (mg/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 141 kilometers (88 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 07:34:14 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 65.5 km (41 miles). Global time of event 2014-12-21 11:34:14 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 126.849 East, latitude 2.249 North, depth 65.5 km.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.849° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.249° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 141km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2014-12-21 11:34:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2014-12-21 11:44:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 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 670 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources pt A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 169.2 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt14355000 Id of event.
Event Code 14355000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS pt14355000 A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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