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Moderate earthquake: M5.3 quake has struck near Tobelo in Indonesia

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 2.3081S, 126.7684WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (94 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 126.7684° East, 2.3081° North, depth 35 km. The temblor was detected at 13:52:43 / 1:52 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/04/24 / 2024-04-30 13:52:43 / April 30, 2024 @ 1:52 pm. Unique identifier: us6000mv6r. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mv6r.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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 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: 152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7684° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.3081° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 152 km WNW 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 2024-04-30 13:52:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-01 15:30:11 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 432 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 233 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.876 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 18 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 us6000mv6r Id of event.
Event Code 6000mv6r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mv6r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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