A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g8w1. Unique identifier: us1000g8w1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.93 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 21:33:22 / 9:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/08/18 / 2018-08-08 12:33:22 / August 8, 2018 @ 12:33 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.0418 East, latitude 2.4541 North, depth = 42.93 km.
The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 80 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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