A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 23:18:25 / 11:18 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h54e. Unique identifier: us1000h54e. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 90.67 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/09/18 / 2018-09-25 14:18:25 / September 25, 2018 @ 2:18 pm. Exact location of event, depth 90.67 km, 128.3451° East, 2.0491° North.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-six 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 51 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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