A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.2928 East, latitude 2.3969 North, depth = 169.51 km. Id of earthquake: us1000dp9u. Event ids that are associated: us1000dp9u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 169.51 km (105 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:12:12 / 10:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/04/18 / 2018-04-15 13:12:12 / April 15, 2018 @ 1:12 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 80 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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