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Strong earthquake, 6.4 mag has occurred near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.9231S, 128.2477WA earthquake with magnitude 6.4 (ml/mb) was reported 134 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia (83 miles) on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: pt20156001, at00qbe8it, us6000a5r3. Unique identifier: us6000a5r3. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/06/20 / 2020-06-04 08:49:39 / June 4, 2020 @ 8:49 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tobelo in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:49:39 / 8:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 128.2477° East, latitude 2.9231° North, depth = 106.86 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 106.86 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 134 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.2477° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.9231° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 134 km 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 2020-06-04 08:49:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-04 09:08:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 1 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 630 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 ,pt,at,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 2.311 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 20 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000a5r3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000a5r3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20156001,at00qbe8it,us6000a5r3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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