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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.4239S, 128.1055WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us6000cakq. Event ids that are associated: us6000cakq. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/10/20 / 2020-10-15 10:47:44 / October 15, 2020 @ 10:47 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 128.1055° East, latitude 2.4239° North, depth = 132.03 km. The temblor was reported at 10:47:44 / 10:47 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 132.03 km (82 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo. Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 77 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.1055° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.4239° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 132.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 km 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 2020-10-15 10:47:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-22 10:16:40 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 246 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 1.799 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 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 us6000cakq Id of event.
Event Code 6000cakq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cakq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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