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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 3.9344S, 128.1358WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 244 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia (152 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.1358 East, latitude 3.9344 North, depth = 10.469 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:27:46 / 7:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/07/24 / 2024-07-14 07:27:46 / July 14, 2024 @ 7:27 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.469 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mz62. Id of event: us7000mz62. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 244 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.1358° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.9344° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.469 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 244 km N 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 2024-07-14 07:27:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-14 07:46:41 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 354 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.234 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 105 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 us7000mz62 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mz62 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mz62, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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