A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 231 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (144 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 05:43:27 / 5:43 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/08/16 / 2016-08-02 21:43:27 / August 2, 2016 @ 9:43 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 127.1637 East, latitude 3.6376 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100069ks. Event ids that are associated: us100069ks.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 231 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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