A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 73 kilometers (45 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 picked up at 22:11:19 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/12/17 / 2017-12-11 14:11:19 / December 11, 2017 @ 2:11 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 101.91 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c2uf. Unique identifier: us2000c2uf. Exact location of earthquake, 127.3479° East, 1.7287° North, depth 101.91 km.
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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