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Moderate earthquake: M5.4 quake has struck near Tobelo in Indonesia

Posted by admin on August 12, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 2.3246S, 126.5716WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 173 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (107 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/08/24 / 2024-08-12 11:36:15 / August 12, 2024 @ 11:36 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000njkw. Id of event: us6000njkw. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.5716 East, latitude 2.3246 North, depth = 73.791 km. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:36:15 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73.791 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. 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: 173 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.5716° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.3246° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 73.791 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 173 km WNW 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 2024-08-12 11:36:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-12 11:57:29 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 3.855 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 449 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 99 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.735 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 us6000njkw Id of event.
Event Code 6000njkw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000njkw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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