A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 127.7648° East, 1.557° North, depth 35.9 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.9 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 14/05/16 / 2016-05-14 02:58:28 / May 14, 2016 @ 2:58 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us10005ivt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005ivt. The temblor was detected at 11:58:28 / 11:58 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 33 km (21 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 33 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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