A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Friday. Global time and date of event 28/07/16 / 2016-07-28 23:56:24 / July 28, 2016 @ 11:56 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 107.72 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:56:24 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 127.3515° East, 1.8134° North, depth 107.72 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us100069im. Unique identifier: us100069im.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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