A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 137 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (85 miles). Global time and date of event 21/03/17 / 2017-03-21 13:10:45 / March 21, 2017 @ 1:10 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:10:45 / 9:10 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20008tiz. Unique identifier: us20008tiz. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.0198 East, latitude 2.4713 North, depth = 13.73 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.73 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 137 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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