A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/06/16 / 2016-06-11 00:58:16 / June 11, 2016 @ 12:58 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 92.4 km (57 miles). Id of earthquake: us200064u8. Event ids that are associated: us200064u8. The temblor was reported at 09:58:16 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 128.0806 East, latitude 2.4287 North, depth = 92.4 km.
The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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