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Moderate earthquake: M5.7 quake has struck near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 3.1858S, 128.3683WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 166 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia (103 miles). The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:17:50 / 6:17 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10004h1a. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004h1a. Exact location of earthquake, 128.3683° East, 3.1858° North, depth 52.24 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/01/16 / 2016-01-25 09:17:50 / January 25, 2016 @ 9:17 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.24 km (32 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Tobelo in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: 166 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.3683° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.1858° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 166km NNE 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 2016-01-25 09:17:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-01-25 09:38:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 3.88 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 1 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 500 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 2.598 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 24 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 us10004h1a Id of event.
Event Code 10004h1a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004h1a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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