A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 149 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia (93 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.53 km (37 miles). Event id: us2000jfvn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jfvn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:42:28 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 126.9887° East, 2.6088° North, depth 59.53 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/02/19 / 2019-02-10 05:42:28 / February 10, 2019 @ 5:42 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 149 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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