A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/15 / 2015-12-16 02:11:33 / December 16, 2015 @ 2:11 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 113.32 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 127.5786° East, 1.9001° North, depth 113.32 km. Unique identifier: us10004857. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004857. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:11:33 / 11:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 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 three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 51 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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