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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Tobelo in Indonesia

Posted by admin on April 18, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 2.396S, 127.027WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 131 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (81 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47.93 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.027 East, latitude 2.396 North, depth = 47.93 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/03/19 / 2019-03-20 09:21:55 / March 20, 2019 @ 9:21 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:21:55 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000k6mz. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000k6mz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-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.

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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: 131 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.027° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.396° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 131km 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 2019-03-20 09:21:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-18 12:45:24 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 284 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 1.648 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 126 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 us2000k6mz Id of event.
Event Code 2000k6mz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000k6mz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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