A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 131 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia (81 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.5383 East, latitude 2.7944 North, depth = 230.03 km. Global time and date of event 02/03/19 / 2019-03-02 20:46:29 / March 2, 2019 @ 8:46 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000j9z4. Unique identifier: us1000j9z4. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 230.03 km (143 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:46:29 / 5:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days ninety-four 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 earthquakes 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. 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: 131 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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