A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/16 / 2016-07-05 19:31:44 / July 5, 2016 @ 7:31 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 192.36 km (120 miles). The temblor was reported at 04:31:44 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000605t. Event ids that are associated: us1000605t. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 128.3228 East, latitude 2.0851 North, depth = 192.36 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 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 four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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