A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 231 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (144 miles) on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000gcuw. Unique identifier: us2000gcuw. Exact location of event, longitude 126.8108 East, latitude 3.4397 North, depth = 35.96 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.96 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/07/18 / 2018-07-19 21:59:08 / July 19, 2018 @ 9:59 pm. The temblor was reported at 05:59:08 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-three 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 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 231 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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