A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 128.2085° East, latitude 1.1099° North, depth = 10 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:43:57 / 8:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Tobelo in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000jm06. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jm06. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/02/19 / 2019-02-23 11:43:57 / February 23, 2019 @ 11:43 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate, Sofifi, Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 71 km SSE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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