A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 117 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia (73 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.28 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 37.28 km, 128.8475° East, 2.3786° North. Global time and date of event 17/12/18 / 2018-12-17 22:24:48 / December 17, 2018 @ 10:24 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:24:48 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ivyq. Id of event: us2000ivyq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 117 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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