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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Tobelo in Indonesia

Posted by admin on November 4, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 4.24S, 128.4181WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 281 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia (175 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:01:11 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 128.4181 East, latitude 4.24 North, depth = 38.31 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.31 km (24 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/10/18 / 2018-10-28 14:01:11 / October 28, 2018 @ 2:01 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i5zd. Id of event: us2000i5zd.

Every 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 281 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.4181° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.24° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 281km 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 2018-10-28 14:01:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-04 19:09:26 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 8.236 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 140 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 us2000i5zd Id of event.
Event Code 2000i5zd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000i5zd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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