A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 107 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia (66 miles). Exact location, longitude 128.7175° East, latitude 2.3848° North, depth = 18.66 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jney. Unique identifier: us2000jney. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/02/19 / 2019-02-08 19:16:52 / February 8, 2019 @ 7:16 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.66 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 04:16:52 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 107 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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