A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 108.33 km, 128.2849° East, 2.3339° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108.33 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tobelo in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:17:18 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70003b4v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003b4v. Global time and date of event 24/04/19 / 2019-04-24 02:17:18 / April 24, 2019 @ 2:17 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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