A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 176 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (109 miles) on Monday. Id of earthquake: us1000c20j. Event ids that are associated: us1000c20j. The temblor was reported at 22:09:47 / 10:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/01/18 / 2018-01-08 14:09:47 / January 8, 2018 @ 2:09 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.36 km (22 miles). Exact location, longitude 126.7755° East, latitude 2.7344° North, depth = 35.36 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 176 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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