A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 228 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia (142 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/01/17 / 2017-01-09 13:32:44 / January 9, 2017 @ 1:32 pm. The temblor was picked up at 22:32:44 / 10:32 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.41 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 128.4651° East, 3.7448° North, depth 60.41 km. Event id: us10007s4a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007s4a.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 228 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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