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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.1061S, 128.0736WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Thursday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:50:15 / 5:50 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us20008kxm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008kxm. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/02/17 / 2017-02-08 20:50:15 / February 8, 2017 @ 8:50 pm UTC/GMT. 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 222.99 km (139 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 128.0736 East, latitude 2.1061 North, depth = 222.99 km.

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). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (26 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 42 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.0736° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.1061° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 222.99 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km N 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 2017-02-08 20:50:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-02 16:05:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.154 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 173 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 us20008kxm Id of event.
Event Code 20008kxm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008kxm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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