A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 205 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia (127 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:49:27 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 128.6501° East, 3.4679° North. Unique identifier: us2000j4gj. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j4gj. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/01/19 / 2019-01-16 10:49:27 / January 16, 2019 @ 10:49 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tobelo in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 205 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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