A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 144 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (89 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 17:46:47 / January 6, 2019 @ 5:46 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000j7x1. Event ids that are associated: us2000j7x1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.43 km (40 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 64.43 km, 126.7847° East, 2.1655° North. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:46:47 / 1:46 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 fifty, in the last 10 days fifty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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