A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 128.4043° East, 2.3323° North, depth 233.89 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:31:20 / 9:31 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 233.89 km (145 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 02/03/16 / 2016-03-02 12:31:20 / March 2, 2016 @ 12:31 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004urr. Unique identifier: us10004urr.
Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 79 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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