A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Sunday. Unique identifier: us2000304v. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000304v. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 150 km (93 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 20:38:28 / July 25, 2015 @ 8:38 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 128.2237° East, 2.5047° North, depth 150 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:38:28 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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