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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.7277S, 127.2628WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 138 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (86 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.701 km (35 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:40:43 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000q9d1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q9d1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/25 / 2025-06-28 12:40:43 / June 28, 2025 @ 12:40 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 127.2628 East, latitude 2.7277 North, depth = 55.701 km.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 138 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.2628° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.7277° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.701 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 138 km NW 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 2025-06-28 12:40:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-28 12:57:50 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 432 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 81 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.946 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 74 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 us7000q9d1 Id of event.
Event Code 7000q9d1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q9d1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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