A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 41 km NE of Tolitoli, Indonesia (25 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/04/19 / 2019-04-15 16:26:14 / April 15, 2019 @ 4:26 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 121.0624 East, latitude 1.3165 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:26:14 / 12:26 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70003bdy. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003bdy.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 41 km NE of Tolitoli, Indonesia.
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