A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 218 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia (135 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 154.16 km (96 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/08/18 / 2018-08-21 07:13:08 / August 21, 2018 @ 7:13 am. Exact location of event, longitude 128.097 East, latitude 3.7046 North, depth = 154.16 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000geg7. Event ids that are associated: us1000geg7. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:13:08 / 4:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 218 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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