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

Posted by admin on December 4, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 1.4589S, 128.1905WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Thursday. Event id: us7000rffz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rffz. Exact location of event, depth 93.207 km, 128.1905° East, 1.4589° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:17:25 / 3:17 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/12/25 / 2025-12-04 03:17:25 / December 4, 2025 @ 3:17 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93.207 km (58 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 35 km SE of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.1905° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.4589° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 93.207 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km SE 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 2025-12-04 03:17:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-04 03:33:39 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.838 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us7000rffz Id of event.
Event Code 7000rffz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000rffz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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