A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (94 miles) on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 57.67 km (36 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/09/16 / 2016-09-02 05:46:35 / September 2, 2016 @ 5:46 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006khk. Id of event: us10006khk. The temblor was picked up at 13:46:35 / 1:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 126.6663° East, latitude 2.0158° North, depth = 57.67 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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