A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.2737 East, latitude 1.7198 North, depth = 114.23 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:48:29 / 9:48 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003n79. Id of event: us10003n79. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.23 km (71 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/10/15 / 2015-10-13 01:48:29 / October 13, 2015 @ 1:48 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo. Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-seven 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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