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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 29 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.8552S, 128.24WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 128.24 East, latitude 1.8552 North, depth = 95.02 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/20 / 2020-07-17 09:57:39 / July 17, 2020 @ 9:57 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 95.02 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000aq8h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000aq8h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:57:39 / 9:57 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo. The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.24° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.8552° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 95.02 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 km ENE 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 2020-07-17 09:57:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-17 10:22:17 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 312 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 1.385 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us7000aq8h Id of event.
Event Code 7000aq8h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000aq8h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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