A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 106.41 km (66 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10005h3r. Event ids that are associated: us10005h3r. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/05/16 / 2016-05-13 12:13:58 / May 13, 2016 @ 12:13 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 21:13:58 / 9:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 127.4927° East, 1.7886° North, depth 106.41 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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: 57 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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