A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 157 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (98 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:09:10 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/01/19 / 2019-01-07 00:09:10 / January 7, 2019 @ 12:09 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j89t. Unique identifier: us2000j89t. Exact location of earthquake, 126.7435° East, 2.3675° North, depth 58.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.82 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 157 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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