A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 159 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (99 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47.15 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 126.8866° East, 2.6226° North, depth 47.15 km. Unique identifier: us20003m4x. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003m4x. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:54:31 / 3:54 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/09/15 / 2015-09-20 07:54:31 / September 20, 2015 @ 7:54 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two 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. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 159 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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