A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 127.3812° East, 1.5385° North, depth 153.99 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 153.99 km (96 miles). Global time and date of event 06/04/19 / 2019-04-06 01:34:19 / April 6, 2019 @ 1:34 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000353h. Unique identifier: us7000353h. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:34:19 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate, Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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