A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:57:19 / 10:57 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 128.5938° East, 2.161° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/10/18 / 2018-10-04 13:57:19 / October 4, 2018 @ 1:57 pm. Event id: us1000h6yd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h6yd.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-eight 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 80 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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