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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Tobelo in Indonesia

Posted by admin on May 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 1.6887S, 127.2424WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.931 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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: 06/05/25 / 2025-05-06 01:45:48 / May 6, 2025 @ 1:45 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:45:48 / 1:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.2424 East, latitude 1.6887 North, depth = 123.931 km. Event id: us7000pxem. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pxem.

The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 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: 85 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.2424° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.6887° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 123.931 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85 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 2025-05-06 01:45:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-06 02:03:15 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 340 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.919 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us7000pxem Id of event.
Event Code 7000pxem An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pxem, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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