A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/10/15 / 2015-10-26 01:26:36 / October 26, 2015 @ 1:26 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003rd2. Id of event: us10003rd2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:26:36 / 10:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 230.47 km (143 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 128.5138° East, 2.3911° North, depth 230.47 km.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo. Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 92 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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