Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Tobelo in Indonesia

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 203 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (126 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/04/25 / 2025-04-09 15:21:22 / April 9, 2025 @ 3:21 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.3816 East, latitude 3.459 North, depth = 35.984 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000q4x6. Event ids that are associated: us6000q4x6. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.984 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 15:21:22 / 3:21 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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: 203 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	127.3816° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	3.459° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35.984 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	203 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	2025-04-09 15:21:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-09 15:37:53	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	385	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	132	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.281	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.57 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	46	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	us6000q4x6	Id of event.
Event Code	6000q4x6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000q4x6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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