A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 182 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia (113 miles) on Saturday. Unique identifier: us2000j5zh. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j5zh. The temblor was detected at 03:52:04 / 3:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 128.6262 East, latitude 3.2571 North, depth = 47.2 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.2 km (29 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Tobelo in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/01/19 / 2019-01-18 18:52:04 / January 18, 2019 @ 6:52 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 182 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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