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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Tobelo in Indonesia

Posted by admin on July 17, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 2.5161S, 126.9979WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 142 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (88 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 126.9979 East, latitude 2.5161 North, depth = 57.908 km. The temblor was reported at 10:53:18 / 10:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.908 km (36 miles). Event id: us7000qc38. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qc38. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/07/25 / 2025-07-02 10:53:18 / July 2, 2025 @ 10:53 am UTC/GMT.

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 two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 142 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.9979° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.5161° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.908 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 142 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 2025-07-02 10:53:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-17 04:59:20 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 271 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.771 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us7000qc38 Id of event.
Event Code 7000qc38 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qc38, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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