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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.4979S, 127.239WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 120 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (75 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000nn5v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nn5v. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/10/24 / 2024-10-07 00:43:44 / October 7, 2024 @ 12:43 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 72.79 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 00:43:44 / 12:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 127.239 East, latitude 2.4979 North, depth = 72.79 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 120 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data 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 127.239° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.4979° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 120 km NW 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 2024-10-07 00:43:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-04 00:55:22 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.719 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 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 us7000nn5v Id of event.
Event Code 7000nn5v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nn5v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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