A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/08/18 / 2018-08-06 18:55:22 / August 6, 2018 @ 6:55 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48.18 km (30 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 128.1711° East, 2.1849° North, depth 48.18 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:55:22 / 3:55 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000g6cf. Event ids that are associated: us1000g6cf.
Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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