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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Tobelo in Indonesia

Posted by admin on August 8, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 1.6745S, 127.2236WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 18:47:51 / August 8, 2024 @ 6:47 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nixy. Unique identifier: us6000nixy. Exact location of earthquake, 127.2236° East, 1.6745° North, depth 124.957 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:47:51 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 124.957 km (78 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 88 km (54 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 87 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.2236° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.6745° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 124.957 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87 km W 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 2024-08-08 18:47:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-08 20:47:38 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 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.908 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us6000nixy Id of event.
Event Code 6000nixy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nixy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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