A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (97 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.61 km (27 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:45:17 / 3:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 126.6643° East, 2.1292° North, depth 43.61 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j8y6. Unique identifier: us2000j8y6. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/01/19 / 2019-01-25 19:45:17 / January 25, 2019 @ 7:45 pm.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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