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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 4.2516S, 127.7292WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 280 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia (174 miles) on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/09/24 / 2024-09-25 12:42:34 / September 25, 2024 @ 12:42 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.7292 East, latitude 4.2516 North, depth = 107.566 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:42:34 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nz3t. Id of event: us6000nz3t. 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 107.566 km (67 miles).

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

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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: 280 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.7292° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.2516° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 107.566 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 280 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 2024-09-25 12:42:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-20 07:20:27 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.475 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us6000nz3t Id of event.
Event Code 6000nz3t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nz3t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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