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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Tobelo in Indonesia

Posted by admin on October 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 1.8598S, 127.3727WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 129.032 km (80 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 08:46:32 / October 17, 2025 @ 8:46 am UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:46:32 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000rhrd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rhrd. Exact location of event, longitude 127.3727 East, latitude 1.8598 North, depth = 129.032 km.

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo. Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 72 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.3727° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.8598° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 129.032 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 km WNW 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 2025-10-17 08:46:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-18 05:11:43 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 326 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.565 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 95 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 us6000rhrd Id of event.
Event Code 6000rhrd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rhrd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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