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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 3.1375S, 127.3186WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 173 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (107 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 127.3186 East, latitude 3.1375 North, depth = 40.199 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.199 km (25 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000msn7. Id of event: us7000msn7. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/24 / 2024-06-15 13:08:13 / June 15, 2024 @ 1:08 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:08:13 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 173 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.3186° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.1375° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.199 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 173 km NNW 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 2024-06-15 13:08:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-15 13:22:04 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 500 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 69 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.35 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 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 us7000msn7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000msn7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000msn7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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