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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Tobelo in Indonesia

Posted by admin on December 29, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 2.7758S, 127.2908WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 140 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (87 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 127.2908 East, latitude 2.7758 North, depth = 54.85 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:08:35 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.85 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000d3z8. Event ids that are associated: us6000d3z8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 29/12/20 / 2020-12-29 10:08:35 / December 29, 2020 @ 10:08 am UTC/GMT.

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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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: 140 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.2908° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.7758° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 140 km NW 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 2020-12-29 10:08:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-29 10:36:30 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 369 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 1.992 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us6000d3z8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000d3z8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d3z8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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