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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.6805S, 128.4102WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 102.89 km (64 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000c37e. Unique identifier: us6000c37e. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:39:20 / 8:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 128.4102 East, latitude 1.6805 North, depth = 102.89 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/09/20 / 2020-09-25 20:39:20 / September 25, 2020 @ 8:39 pm.

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).

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

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 44 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.4102° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.6805° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 102.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km E 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 2020-09-25 20:39:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-24 21:59:51 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 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 1.379 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us6000c37e Id of event.
Event Code 6000c37e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c37e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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