A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 170 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia (106 miles). Global time and date of event 18/07/18 / 2018-07-18 20:41:27 / July 18, 2018 @ 8:41 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 128.2621° East, latitude 3.2453° North, depth = 68.52 km. The temblor was reported at 05:41:27 / 5:41 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.52 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000gbwf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gbwf.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 170 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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