A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007gkc. Id of event: us20007gkc. The epicenter was at a depth of 158.82 km (99 miles). Global time and date of event 25/10/16 / 2016-10-25 08:24:34 / October 25, 2016 @ 8:24 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.3992 East, latitude 1.6013 North, depth = 158.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:24:34 / 5:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate, Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 69 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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