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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 3.4956S, 127.3521WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 208 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (129 miles). Global time and date of event 13/03/25 / 2025-03-13 23:03:46 / March 13, 2025 @ 11:03 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000pln6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pln6. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:03:46 / 11:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.3521 East, latitude 3.4956 North, depth = 38.683 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.683 km (24 miles).

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 three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 208 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.3521° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.4956° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.683 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 208 km NNW 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 2025-03-13 23:03:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-24 23:26:36 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 284 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.236 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 us7000pln6 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pln6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pln6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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