A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Sunday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:49:18 / 4:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 9.12 km, 127.7344° East, 1.6338° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.12 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/05/16 / 2016-05-21 19:49:18 / May 21, 2016 @ 7:49 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005yhd. Id of event: us20005yhd.
The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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