A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 118 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia (73 miles) on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20008hfi. Unique identifier: us20008hfi. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:56:01 / 6:56 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 83.71 km (52 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/01/17 / 2017-01-21 09:56:01 / January 21, 2017 @ 9:56 am. Exact location of earthquake, 128.1828° East, 2.7821° North, depth 83.71 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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