A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/02/18 / 2018-02-11 07:05:22 / February 11, 2018 @ 7:05 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.4372 East, latitude 2.1482 North, depth = 70.89 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:05:22 / 4:05 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.89 km (44 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000d0hd. Event ids that are associated: us2000d0hd.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (41 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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