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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 3.6015S, 128.6277WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 218 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia (135 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/01/17 / 2017-01-11 20:15:08 / January 11, 2017 @ 8:15 pm. The temblor was detected at 05:15:08 / 5:15 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 21.94 km (14 miles). Event id: us10007slu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007slu. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.6277 East, latitude 3.6015 North, depth = 21.94 km.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 218 km NNE 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 128.6277° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.6015° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 218km 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 2017-01-11 20:15:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-08 21:29:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 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 3.08 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us10007slu Id of event.
Event Code 10007slu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007slu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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