A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 21/10/16 / 2016-10-21 16:10:53 / October 21, 2016 @ 4:10 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 127.3068 East, latitude 1.8419 North, depth = 97.34 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tobelo in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007fy7. Unique identifier: us20007fy7. The temblor was detected at 00:10:53 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.34 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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