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Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag has occurred near Tobelo in Indonesia

Posted by admin on April 2, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 2.1167S, 126.759WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was reported 145 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (90 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 21:03:39 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/04/25 / 2025-04-02 21:03:39 / April 2, 2025 @ 9:03 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 126.759 East, latitude 2.1167 North, depth = 36.7 km. 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 36.7 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000q3iu. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q3iu.

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.759° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.1167° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 145 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 2025-04-02 21:03:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-02 21:17:01 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 536 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 90 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.468 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 26 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000q3iu Id of event.
Event Code 6000q3iu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q3iu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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