A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 115 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia (71 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e7zv. Id of event: us1000e7zv. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:30:26 / 3:30 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 19:30:26 / May 15, 2018 @ 7:30 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 101.86 km (63 miles). Exact location, longitude 126.9827° East, latitude 1.8736° North, depth = 101.86 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 115 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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