A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 138 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (86 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 19:00:42 / January 6, 2019 @ 7:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 126.8969° East, 2.2965° North, depth 35 km. Id of earthquake: us2000j7wf. Event ids that are associated: us2000j7wf. The temblor was reported at 03:00:42 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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-one, in the last 10 days fifty-five, 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 138 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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