A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 153 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (95 miles) on Monday. Exact location, longitude 126.8312° East, latitude 2.4424° North, depth = 41.93 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.93 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/01/19 / 2019-01-07 04:12:13 / January 7, 2019 @ 4:12 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000j0z8. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j0z8. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:12:13 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 153 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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