A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 154 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (96 miles). Unique identifier: us2000j17p. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j17p. Exact location of event, depth 69.45 km, 126.7515° East, 2.326° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/01/19 / 2019-01-07 20:25:15 / January 7, 2019 @ 8:25 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.45 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 04:25:15 / 4:25 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 154 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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