A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 142 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (88 miles) on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:24:02 / 5:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 127.0804° East, latitude 2.6212° North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 21:24:02 / January 6, 2019 @ 9:24 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j0wl. Unique identifier: us2000j0wl.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 142 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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