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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Tobelo in Indonesia

Posted by admin on May 18, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 1.3551S, 128.094WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:40:34 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 128.094° East, 1.3551° North, depth 106.359 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/05/24 / 2024-05-02 03:40:34 / May 2, 2024 @ 3:40 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 106.359 km (66 miles). Unique identifier: us6000mvls. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mvls.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 42 km SSE of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.094° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.3551° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106.359 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 km SSE 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 2024-05-02 03:40:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-02 04:30:35 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.93 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us6000mvls Id of event.
Event Code 6000mvls An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mvls, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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