A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 148 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (92 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000bmby. Event ids that are associated: us1000bmby. The epicenter was at a depth of 30.5 km (19 miles). Global time and date of event 05/12/17 / 2017-12-05 12:14:24 / December 5, 2017 @ 12:14 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:14:24 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.7955 East, latitude 2.287 North, depth = 30.5 km.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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