A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 99 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia (62 miles) on Wednesday. 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: us70003b78. Unique identifier: us70003b78. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.2718 East, latitude 2.5906 North, depth = 42.61 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/04/19 / 2019-04-24 06:14:32 / April 24, 2019 @ 6:14 am. The temblor was picked up at 15:14:32 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.61 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 99 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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