A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 159 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (99 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 126.709 East, latitude 2.3407 North, depth = 61.68 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000is3t. Id of event: us1000is3t. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.68 km (38 miles). Global time and date of event 13/01/19 / 2019-01-13 11:29:56 / January 13, 2019 @ 11:29 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:29:56 / 7:29 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
Did you feel anything?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 159 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply