A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us20004161. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004161. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/11/15 / 2015-11-01 06:55:50 / November 1, 2015 @ 6:55 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.191 East, latitude 1.9764 North, depth = 116.63 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116.63 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 15:55:50 / 3:55 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby 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 Tobelo.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 34 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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