A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 87.05 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/02/19 / 2019-02-04 19:20:31 / February 4, 2019 @ 7:20 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 03:20:31 / 3:20 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000jn9l. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jn9l. Exact location of event, longitude 127.4502 East, latitude 2.1937 North, depth = 87.05 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 80 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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