A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.16 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/08/15 / 2015-08-23 14:33:29 / August 23, 2015 @ 2:33 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 127.3877° East, latitude 1.5484° North, depth = 19.16 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:33:29 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100034bs. Unique identifier: us100034bs.
Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate, Tobelo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six 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. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 71 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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