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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.2341S, 128.1056WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 04:58:52 / 4:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 128.1056° East, latitude 2.2341° North, depth = 167.834 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 167.834 km (104 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/11/24 / 2024-11-23 04:58:52 / November 23, 2024 @ 4:58 am. Unique identifier: us6000p76u. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000p76u.

The epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop).

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

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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: 56 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.1056° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.2341° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 167.834 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56 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 2024-11-23 04:58:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-23 05:15:42 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 326 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.63 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 170 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 us6000p76u Id of event.
Event Code 6000p76u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p76u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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