A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 151 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia (94 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:00:24 / 9:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/05/17 / 2017-05-07 12:00:24 / May 7, 2017 @ 12:00 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 172.49 km (107 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.8941 East, latitude 2.7729 North, depth = 172.49 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008rvr. Id of event: us10008rvr.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 151 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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