A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.3861 East, latitude 1.6419 North, depth = 155.05 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 155.05 km (96 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:07:26 / 4:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/09/18 / 2018-09-11 19:07:26 / September 11, 2018 @ 7:07 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hd0a. Unique identifier: us2000hd0a.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate, Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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