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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.972S, 127.0402WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 111 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (69 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 01:20:56 / July 25, 2015 @ 1:20 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 98.57 km (61 miles). Exact location, longitude 127.0402° East, latitude 1.972° North, depth = 98.57 km. The temblor was reported at 09:20:56 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100031y4. Id of event: us100031y4.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 111 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.0402° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.972° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 111km 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 2015-07-25 01:20:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-15 23:30:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 284 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.236 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 107 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 us100031y4 Id of event.
Event Code 100031y4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100031y4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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