A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Sunday. Global time and date of event 18/11/17 / 2017-11-18 23:45:35 / November 18, 2017 @ 11:45 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.89 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 128.2293 East, latitude 2.536 North, depth = 11.89 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:45:35 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000buz5. Unique identifier: us2000buz5.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 92 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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