A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jdml. Unique identifier: us2000jdml. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:41:00 / 10:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/01/19 / 2019-01-21 13:41:00 / January 21, 2019 @ 1:41 pm. Exact location, longitude 127.9901° East, latitude 2.1318° North, depth = 253.47 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 253.47 km (157 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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