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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 3.2199S, 127.2286WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 186 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (116 miles). Global time and date of event 11/03/18 / 2018-03-11 12:41:46 / March 11, 2018 @ 12:41 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:41:46 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000d6hg. Event ids that are associated: us1000d6hg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.2286 East, latitude 3.2199 North, depth = 43.66 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.66 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 186 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.2286° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.2199° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.66 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 186km 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 2018-03-11 12:41:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-23 06:05:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 271 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 2.435 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 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 us1000d6hg Id of event.
Event Code 1000d6hg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000d6hg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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