A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.77 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 128.7372° East, 1.8425° North, depth 59.77 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/04/18 / 2018-04-29 15:51:42 / April 29, 2018 @ 3:51 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dxy1. Id of event: us1000dxy1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:51:42 / 12:51 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
Did you feel it?
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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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