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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.7525S, 128.9434WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 153 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia (95 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:59:14 / 8:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/01/20 / 2020-01-02 23:59:14 / January 2, 2020 @ 11:59 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 12.21 km (8 miles). Event id: us70007144. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007144. Exact location of earthquake, 128.9434° East, 2.7525° North, depth 12.21 km.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-three 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.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 153 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.9434° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.7525° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 153km 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 2020-01-02 23:59:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-17 06:23:18 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 298 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 2.52 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us70007144 Id of event.
Event Code 70007144 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70007144, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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