A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 140 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (87 miles). Event id: us1000is3d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000is3d. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.84 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 126.9546° East, latitude 2.4213° North, depth = 60.84 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/19 / 2019-01-13 11:30:57 / January 13, 2019 @ 11:30 am. The temblor was reported at 19:30:57 / 7:30 pm (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 eight, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 140 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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