A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 76.87 km (48 miles). Global time and date of event 01/05/19 / 2019-05-01 05:15:53 / May 1, 2019 @ 5:15 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 128.3316° East, 1.9752° North, depth 76.87 km. The temblor was reported at 14:15:53 / 2:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70003f0k. Event ids that are associated: us70003f0k.
Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tobelo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 45 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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