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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.3079S, 128.6095WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n824. Id of event: us6000n824. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 235.753 km (146 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:25:22 / 5:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.6095 East, latitude 2.3079 North, depth = 235.753 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/06/24 / 2024-06-25 05:25:22 / June 25, 2024 @ 5:25 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Questions or comments?

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. 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: 92 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.6095° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.3079° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 235.753 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92 km NE 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 2024-06-25 05:25:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-25 05:43:45 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 298 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.967 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us6000n824 Id of event.
Event Code 6000n824 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n824, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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