A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:46:30 / 4:46 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000br50. Id of event: us2000br50. Exact location of earthquake, 128.3077° East, 2.5062° North, depth 12.13 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/11/17 / 2017-11-18 19:46:30 / November 18, 2017 @ 7:46 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 92 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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