A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 129 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia (80 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 128.4917° East, 2.7927° North, depth 219.44 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:37:03 / 9:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 12:37:03 / December 7, 2015 @ 12:37 pm. Unique identifier: us20004g5t. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004g5t. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 219.44 km (136 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 129 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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