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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.2449S, 126.7445WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 151 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (94 miles) on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/15 / 2015-08-19 22:03:14 / August 19, 2015 @ 10:03 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.55 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.7445 East, latitude 2.2449 North, depth = 45.55 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100033i0. Id of event: us100033i0. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:03:14 / 6:03 am (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 151 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7445° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.2449° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 151km 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 2015-08-19 22:03:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-19 22:24:29 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 326 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 1.59 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us100033i0 Id of event.
Event Code 100033i0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100033i0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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