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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.6259S, 127.252WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us7000ms6m. Event ids that are associated: us7000ms6m. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/06/24 / 2024-06-06 03:43:18 / June 6, 2024 @ 3:43 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:43:18 / 3:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.082 km (66 miles). Exact location, longitude 127.252° East, latitude 1.6259° North, depth = 106.082 km.

Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 85 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.252° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.6259° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106.082 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85 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 2024-06-06 03:43:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-14 03:09:10 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.489 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 166 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 us7000ms6m Id of event.
Event Code 7000ms6m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ms6m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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