A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 151 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (94 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j0vz. Unique identifier: us2000j0vz. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.8147 East, latitude 2.3899 North, depth = 60 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 20:06:29 / January 6, 2019 @ 8:06 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:06:29 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 151 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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