A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 154 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (96 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:45:52 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/11/15 / 2015-11-24 20:45:52 / November 24, 2015 @ 8:45 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 62.56 km (39 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.3059 East, latitude 2.9335 North, depth = 62.56 km. Event id: us100040ut. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100040ut. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-four 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 154 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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