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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 173 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia

Posted by admin on April 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 2.6601S, 126.7568WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 173 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (107 miles) on Saturday. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:33:53 / 11:33 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.339 km (20 miles). Global time and date of event 05/04/25 / 2025-04-05 11:33:53 / April 5, 2025 @ 11:33 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000q48e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q48e. Exact location of event, longitude 126.7568 East, latitude 2.6601 North, depth = 32.339 km.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 173 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7568° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.6601° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.339 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 173 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 2025-04-05 11:33:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-05 12:02:45 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 369 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 85 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.972 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us6000q48e Id of event.
Event Code 6000q48e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q48e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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