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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.7658S, 127.2283WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 127.2283 East, latitude 1.7658 North, depth = 116.542 km. Event id: us7000mx90. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mx90. 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: 29/06/24 / 2024-06-29 04:03:32 / June 29, 2024 @ 4:03 am. The temblor was picked up at 04:03:32 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116.542 km (72 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 87 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.2283° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.7658° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 116.542 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87 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 2024-06-29 04:03:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-06 01:11:23 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.997 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us7000mx90 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mx90 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mx90, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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