Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Tobelo in Indonesia

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 00:42:05 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/20 / 2020-12-05 00:42:05 / December 5, 2020 @ 12:42 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 115.86 km (72 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.5033 East, latitude 1.6433 North, depth = 115.86 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000cpha. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cpha.

The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	127.5033° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	1.6433° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	115.86 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	57 km W 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	2020-12-05 00:42:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-11 05:18:01	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	271	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	0.876	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.34 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	107	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	us7000cpha	Id of event.
Event Code	7000cpha	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000cpha,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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