A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 83.19 km (52 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:22:27 / 8:22 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/18 / 2018-07-06 23:22:27 / July 6, 2018 @ 11:22 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.6084 East, latitude 1.7427 North, depth = 83.19 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000g2zn. Unique identifier: us2000g2zn.
Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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