A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 02:47:48 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 128.3885 East, latitude 2.0939 North, depth = 93.42 km. Event id: us10005z9s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005z9s. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/07/16 / 2016-07-01 17:47:48 / July 1, 2016 @ 5:47 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93.42 km (58 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (36 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 58 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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