A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/05/16 / 2016-05-22 03:32:19 / May 22, 2016 @ 3:32 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.7599 East, latitude 1.6042 North, depth = 40.96 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.96 km (25 miles). Id of earthquake: us20005yj9. Event ids that are associated: us20005yj9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:32:19 / 12:32 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 30 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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