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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.4493S, 128.1039WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us100097wc. Event ids that are associated: us100097wc. Exact location of earthquake, 128.1039° East, 2.4493° North, depth 183.31 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:16:46 / 4:16 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 02/07/17 / 2017-07-02 07:16:46 / July 2, 2017 @ 7:16 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 183.31 km (114 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.1039° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.4493° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 183.31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 80km N 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 2017-07-02 07:16:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-07-30 12:33:34 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 271 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 1.822 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us100097wc Id of event.
Event Code 100097wc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100097wc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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