Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Tobelo in Indonesia

A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 287 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia (178 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pw9q. Id of event: us7000pw9q. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/04/25 / 2025-04-30 23:38:26 / April 30, 2025 @ 11:38 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.179 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.4159 East, latitude 4.2964 North, depth = 8.179 km. The temblor was detected at 23:38:26 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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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: 287 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	128.4159° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	4.2964° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.179 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	287 km N 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	2025-04-30 23:38:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-01 00:01:33	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	354	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	57	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.96	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.74 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	44	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000pw9q	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pw9q	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pw9q,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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