A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 246 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (153 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.8074 East, latitude 3.6055 North, depth = 37.34 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/16 / 2016-05-25 10:24:34 / May 25, 2016 @ 10:24 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005zdp. Id of event: us20005zdp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.34 km (23 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:24:34 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Each 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 three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 246 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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