A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 228 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (142 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 126.707 East, latitude 3.3272 North, depth = 52.32 km. The temblor was detected at 05:43:27 / 5:43 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52.32 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/07/18 / 2018-07-22 21:43:27 / July 22, 2018 @ 9:43 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000gbfc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gbfc.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 228 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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