A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 106 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia (66 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.7141 East, latitude 2.3772 North, depth = 221.99 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 221.99 km (138 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000daq1. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000daq1. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/03/18 / 2018-03-23 16:24:32 / March 23, 2018 @ 4:24 pm. The temblor was picked up at 01:24:32 / 1:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 ten, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 106 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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