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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Tobelo in Indonesia


Earthquake location 2.9503S, 126.4907WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 216 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (134 miles) on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 15:43:53 / August 1, 2025 @ 3:43 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 72.855 km (45 miles). Event id: us6000r33r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r33r. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.4907 East, latitude 2.9503 North, depth = 72.855 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:43:53 / 3:43 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 216 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.4907° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.9503° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72.855 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 216 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 2025-08-01 15:43:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-24 16:41:15 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 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.038 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 us6000r33r Id of event.
Event Code 6000r33r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r33r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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