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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 91 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.3628S, 128.5409WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Monday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:06:38 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000j9l0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j9l0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 228.12 km (142 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 128.5409 East, latitude 2.3628 North, depth = 228.12 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/01/19 / 2019-01-28 04:06:38 / January 28, 2019 @ 4:06 am UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 91 km NE 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 128.5409° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.3628° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 228.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91km NE 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 2019-01-28 04:06:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-28 04:22:01 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 1.968 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us2000j9l0 Id of event.
Event Code 2000j9l0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j9l0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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