A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 179 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia (111 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:10:29 / 5:10 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/05/16 / 2016-05-04 20:10:29 / May 4, 2016 @ 8:10 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 128.2937 East, latitude 3.3291 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us10005gt0. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005gt0.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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: 179 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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