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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.8611S, 127.3482WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 101.565 km (63 miles). Exact location, longitude 127.3482° East, latitude 1.8611° North, depth = 101.565 km. The temblor was reported at 02:37:53 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000pwqg. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pwqg. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/03/25 / 2025-03-04 02:37:53 / March 4, 2025 @ 2:37 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 75 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.3482° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.8611° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 101.565 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75 km WNW 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 2025-03-04 02:37:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-04 02:50:21 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.082 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us6000pwqg Id of event.
Event Code 6000pwqg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pwqg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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