A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 18/06/15 / 2015-06-18 13:28:56 / June 18, 2015 @ 1:28 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 128.2799° East, latitude 1.489° North, depth = 81.92 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:28:56 / 10:28 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81.92 km (51 miles). Event id: us10002jz4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002jz4.
The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km SE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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