A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Event id: us20007cya. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007cya. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/10/16 / 2016-10-09 14:46:27 / October 9, 2016 @ 2:46 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 127.4672 East, latitude 1.7619 North, depth = 136.75 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tobelo in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 136.75 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:46:27 / 11:46 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 108 km (67 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 115 km (71 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate, Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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 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: 60 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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