A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 133 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia (83 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 87.02 km (54 miles). Event id: us1000dsih. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dsih. The temblor was picked up at 14:02:12 / 2:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.8581 East, latitude 2.9218 North, depth = 87.02 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/04/18 / 2018-04-26 05:02:12 / April 26, 2018 @ 5:02 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 133 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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