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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.5228S, 128.225WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Sunday. 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: 18/10/20 / 2020-10-18 06:01:38 / October 18, 2020 @ 6:01 am. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:01:38 / 6:01 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.99 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.225 East, latitude 2.5228 North, depth = 56.99 km. Unique identifier: us6000c94q. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c94q.

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

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 seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 91 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.225° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.5228° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.99 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91 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 2020-10-18 06:01:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-18 06:57:58 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 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 340 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 1.939 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us6000c94q Id of event.
Event Code 6000c94q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c94q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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