A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:35:30 / 11:35 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 127.7278° East, 1.4695° North, depth 45.09 km. Unique identifier: us10005ivq. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005ivq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.09 km (28 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/16 / 2016-05-14 02:35:30 / May 14, 2016 @ 2:35 am.
The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate, Sofifi, Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
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 seven and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 42 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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