A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/02/19 / 2019-02-13 16:14:24 / February 13, 2019 @ 4:14 pm. The temblor was picked up at 00:14:24 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000jh8h. Event ids that are associated: us2000jh8h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 127.2855 East, latitude 1.5594 North, depth = 112.71 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112.71 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ternate, Tobelo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 82 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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