A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 147 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (91 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.64 km (28 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.0607 East, latitude 2.6566 North, depth = 45.64 km. The temblor was reported at 22:26:53 / 10:26 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100048h0. Unique identifier: us100048h0. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/15 / 2015-12-20 14:26:53 / December 20, 2015 @ 2:26 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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: 147 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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